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Originally Posted by jfman

Helpfully, the European Broadcast Union and African Telecommunications Union have both agreed on a no-change position for WRC-23. The chances of any meaningful change happening in Europe are virtually zero.

https://tech.ebu.ch/news/2023/08/afr...band-at-wrc-23.

There's no evidence that 5G coverage would be improved by farming off even more of the bandwidth below 700 MHz. The limitation is the lack of masts using the existing frequency allocation.

As Governments pivot towards satellite broadband as the answer for rural connectivity issues the demand to reallocate these frequencies will be further reduced as we hit the 2030s.

This article shows you that terrestrial broadcasting after 2035 is unlikely.

https://rxtvinfo.com/2023/decision-t...e-has-arrived/

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At the moment, Freeview frequencies are only secure until 2030. But administrations across Europe, including Ofcom in the UK, have been pushing for no change – keeping the status quo.

However, that may only guarantee ongoing use of frequencies for another four years, as the decision would be revisited at the next World Radiocommunications Conference in 2027.

Decision-makers in the UK hope that an extra four years will be enough time to get viewers switched from terrestrial to streaming services. Key to that assumption is Freely – the recently announced streaming replacement from the operator of the Freeview and Freesat platforms.