Spike Broadband Systems - Response to the Consultation Document: 3.4 and 10 GHz: Scenarios For Spectrum Packaging and Delivery

Dear Mr. Jones,

As as a response to the paper dscribing the 5 scenario's for the 3.4 GHz and the 10 GHz band allocations, we would like to provide you with the following comment:

Providing backhaul of 2G and certainly 3G (UMTS) base stations is an important upcoming subject.

Some Point to Multipoint systems on the market, operating in the 3.4 GHz band, like for instance the Spike Broadband Systems solution, are a perfect solution for this matter. They can provide a combination of a very long reach (e.g. large backhaul cells) together with very high capacities in order to provide many dedicated E1 / IP links to different 2G or UMTS base stations in those backhaul cells. That way, backhauling of UMTS base stations is a perfect application within the 3.4GHz band which offers an extremely efficient use of the available frequency spectrum. Also, in parallel, the same frequency band can be used for FWA services as an overlay.

Therefore we would recommend for the 3.4 GHz band to certainly allow Scenario 5, possibly combined with other scenario's (Backhaul and FWA in parallel).

Please do not hesitate to contact me in case you have further questions.

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Thank you in advance.

Best regards,

Mark Neefs
Sales Director Europe

Spike Broadband Systems EMEA
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B-3360 Bierbeek
Belgium

Tel: +32 16 46 85 32
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Email: mark.neefs@spikebroadband.net

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