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Affordable and sustainable spectrum sharing

technologies are crucial for digital inclusion

and rural connectivity

According to Dynamic Spectrum Alliance With a greater coverage area, a greater obstacle
(DSA) President Martha Suárez, competitive access to penetration in difficult terrain and non-line of sight
spectrum resources will result in a thriving fixed and operation available, TVWS has been proven to provide
mobile marketplace that can deliver new, innovative rural broadband as an effective solution for backhaul,
services. During a TV White Space (TVWS) workshop in IoT for agriculture and emergency communications,
Buenos Aires, she highlighted that harnessing spectrum which is why Suárez believes the adoption of TVWS
sharing technologies like TVWS is key to enabling rural will accelerate.
broadband.
DSA principles and techniques are being employed
“Traditional digital inclusion efforts have been tried and across a range of spectrum bands to improve
they have fallen short of the expectations, with over 4 utilization, she highlighted during her speech and
billion people still left unconnected to broadband,” said emphasized that governments and regulators have a
Suárez. “By making spectrum abundant for broadband key role to play in realizing the full potential of spectrum
connectivity, the industry will be able to stimulate sharing.
wireless innovation for next-generation broadband and
accelerate an inclusive digital economy.” “The DSA would like to see governments allowing
shared access to TVWS spectrum, enable regulatory
Digital inclusion and digital transformation are key to framework and encourage innovative business
economic growth and societal development, explained models”, she said at the workshop attended by a range
Suárez, but they will only be possible with additional of industry experts and government delegates.
innovative, affordable and sustainable connectivity
schemes, such as TVWS and other technologies Hector Huici, the Secretary of Information and
promoted by the DSA. Communication Technologies, SeTIC, added:
“Spectrum is a limited resource and public policy
“Portions of spectrum in the VHF and UHF bands decisions can either make it scarcer or improve
allocated to the broadcasting service are unused in accessibility. In recent years, science has allowed us to
given geographical areas and are known as TVWS. make available more frequencies we have not used
TVWS can be used to provide cost-effective broadband before, as well as a making spectrum usage more
services and Internet of Things connectivity that help efficient through re-use. New technologies and
drive digital inclusion,” said Suárez. regulations will enable a better use of spectrum, as is
the case with dynamic assignment,”

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