While the delayed migration of analogue television and radio broadcasting signals to other spectrum bands is hampering the rollout of broadband telecommunications services, especially in rural areas, the licensing of the exclusive use of spectrum only by a single market player is preventing effective and efficient use of that high-demand spectrum to support modern telecommunications networks, public benefit organisation Free Market Foundation (FMF) information and communications technology specialist consultant Christoph Klein said on April 13. The 700 MHz to 800 MHz band, currently used for analogue broadcasting, is the "digital dividend" band because it can allow efficient deployment of long-term evolution (LTE) broadband infrastructure and coverage across wide areas and in rural areas, where is not feasible to deploy smaller cell technologies such as fifth-generation (5G) technology.
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