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Elmar Zilles Head Broadcasting , Federal Network Agency, G ermany. Example for a Licencing Scheme Country Case: Germany Session 1 “ Licencing policies and criteria, decisions and experiences”. Transition to Digital Broadcasting and Digital Dividend
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Elmar Zilles Head Broadcasting, Federal Network Agency, Germany Example for a Licencing SchemeCountry Case: GermanySession 1 “Licencingpolicies and criteria, decisions and experiences” Transition to Digital Broadcastingand Digital Dividend ITU Regional Seminar for Europe, Budapest, 05 – 07 November 2012
Making Useof Resources • Frequencyspectrum: limited resource • ... forattractiveoffers: GSM, DVB-T, UMTS, CB, WiFi Access, WiMAX, UWB, DECT ... • ... forrevenues in tc-sector: e. g. 25,2 billion € fixedlines, 23,5 billion € mobile tc, 7,9 billion € cable-TV, 13,5 billion € others (2005) • ... forinvestment: e. g. 2,6 billion € mobile tc, 2 billion€ landline(2005) • ... in backbones: 110.000 fixedlinks (2012)
Frequency Regulation Basic properties:anticipating, open, non-discriminatory, transparent, pro-active(but not anticipatingbusinesscaserisks!) competitional / economic aspects technical / regulatory aspects legal andproceduralimplementation international agreements
Structure of Frequency Regulation Frequency Allocation Table Federal Government International Agreements (e.g. RRC-06, WRC-12) +Targets of Regulation Frequency Plan(past: FrequencyUtilisation Plan) Federal Network Agency +add. demands following TA Frequency Assignment Federal Network Agency General orIndividual Assignment
Example: Allocation Table and Plan • Bands allocatedtobroadcastingserviceaccordingtothe national frequencyallocationtableandthecorrespondingfrequency plan entries: • Long-, Medium- and Short Wave Bands9 kHz analoguebroadcasting, 9 kHz DRM • Frequency Band II (87,5 - 108 MHz):204 Channels (FM-Audio) • Frequency Band III (174 - 230 MHz):8 Channels, 7 MHz each, 32 frequencyblocks 1,75 MHz each, resp. (T-DAB/DMB/DAB+) • FrequencyBands IV and V (470 - 790 MHz):40 Channels, 8 MHz each (DVB-T) • 1,5 GHz-Range (1452 MHz to 1479,5 MHz):16 Frequency Blocks, 1,75 MHz each (T-DAB/DMB/DAB+) • Addiionalallocation AND/OR frequency plan entriespossible
FrequencyAssignmentProcedures • General assignmentWheneverpossible! • Individual assignment • Different grantingprocedures: • Withoutcompetition: byapplication • In caseofcompetition: • Auction (preferred!) or • Tender procedure(Rules objective, comprehensible, non-discriminatory)
Tender procedures • Legal criteria • Specialisedknowledge • Efficiency • Suitabilityofplanstobesubmitted • Promotion ofworkablecompetition • Preference forhigherdegreeofcoverage • In caseofnoclearevidenceofbetterqualification: decisionbydrawing lots
Laws of FS Content Providers Federal States Civil Law or Identity BA FRGFNA TA TLO Rect/„Right“-Angle FS = Federal States BA = Basic Act / Constitution TLO = Transmission Line Operator TA = Telecommunications Act 16 FS means16 Chancelliesand 13 Media Authorities
Howitworks / shouldwork • Demand forprovisionofservicefor a certainterritory (Federal States) • (non-mandatoryspecificpre-procedurefordemands per Federal State) • formal demand • Implementation (Federal Network Agency) • Identificationofsuitablefrequencyresources • Co-ordination within Germany • International Co-ordination • FrequencyAssignment LatestTelecommunicationAct (2012): If a programprovideristheonly holder oftheentirecapacityfrom a frequencyusage, he maypoint out thefrequencyassignmentholder
Example for a LicencingScheme (Germany) Thank you very much for your attention! Elmar Zilles Elmar.Zilles@BNetzA.de www.bundesnetzagentur.de Transition to Digital Broadcastingand Digital Dividend ITU Regional Seminar for Europe, Budapest, 05 – 07 November 2012