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[infowar.de] AFPS 24.07.02 DoD gibt Frequenzspektrum an die Privatwirtschaft ab
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DoD 'OK' in Radio Bandwidth Transfer to Private Sector
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2002 -- DoD retains access to valuable radio
bandwidth needed for national security although the government gave up
a segment July 23 to facilitate growth in the U.S. telecommunications
industry.
The Department of Commerce announced its plan July 23 called the "3G
(3rd Generation) Viability Assessment." DoD and some other government
agencies will transfer 45 megahertz of radio bandwidth to the private
sector. The frequencies will come from the 1710-1755 MHz range.
One of the challenges in developing the 3G plan was how to reallocate
bandwidth without impairing DoD's network-centric warfare and
information superiority missions, according to Commerce Department
officials. Military transformation calls for quantum leaps in the use
of computerized information technology that depend on wireless systems.
However, the bandwidth transfer won't hurt DoD's missions, said Steven
Price, deputy assistant secretary of defense for spectrum, space,
sensors and C3 (command, control and communications) policy.
"We welcome the findings in the 3G Viability Plan and believe the plan
supports the needs of national security," Price noted. He added that
DoD would be reimbursed for associated costs in transferring the
bandwidth to gaining private-sector entities.
Price noted the plan "requires some changes" to certain military
systems, but said DoD doesn't lose because it will have access to more
bandwidth, if needed.
"DoD believes that implementing the 3G plan will (neither) degrade
military capabilities nor harm national security interests," he
remarked.
The plan acknowledges "defense's growing spectrum needs, and we expect
(the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the
Federal Communications Commission) will continue to take these needs
into account in the future," Price pointed out.
DoD will relocate its affected systems to other bandwidths before
December 2008, according to the Commerce Department.
Commerce officials said the 3G plan also calls for the private sector
to gain another 45 MHz of bandwidth from the 2110-2170 MHz range, used
by nongovernment entities.
The reallocation results from research and analysis made by commerce's
NTIA, the FCC, DoD, and other executive branch agencies.
Radio bandwidth is a fixed broadcast frequency spectrum divided up into
ranges reserved for the public, governments, industry and various
others. Commerce officials said the growing demand for advanced
wireless services in the United States requires a larger share of
bandwidth.
They noted that U.S. wireless use, measured in minutes, is increasing
75 percent annually. Therefore, adequate bandwidth is paramount for
quality wireless voice and data service, to include cell phones and
computerized communications systems used by U.S. industry and more than
a hundred million consumers.
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Olivier Minkwitz___________________________________________
Dipl. Pol.
HSFK Hessische Stiftung für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
PRIF Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Leimenrode 29 60322 Frankfurt a/M Germany
Tel +49 (0)69 9591 0422 Fax +49 (0)69 5584 81
http://www.hsfk.de pgpKey:0xAD48A592
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