To: D.J.Smyth who wrote (3637 ) 1/25/2000 11:29:00 PM From: Gus Respond to
It looks like Sweden's proposed refarming of frequencies could be the start of something big, Darrell, given your occasional reports about the ITU and global frequencies. This will only make sense to those who have followed Darrell's remarkably accurate reports of TDMA/GSM/CDMA developments over the years. There's that 'economies of scale' idea again. Damn, what could that mean? ;-)Sweden - which has too small a market to bring about the worldwide changes itself-hopes that its moves will create a groundswell in favor of refarming. Experts say a critical mass of countries needs to choose the new frequency plan to create economies of scale for equipment suppliers. "CEPT, the EU and the telecom industry can be a driving force in this process," says Lasse Wieweg, Ericsson's director of telecom policies and regulations. techweb.com The Swedish government has now decided to phase out analog broadcasting in favor of digital, which already covers 60 percent of the population. Neighboring Finland plans to shut down all analog TV transmissions by 2006-at the same time as the United States.
