The Steering Board reviewed the SPF's work plan and progress of its clusters. Key points included: 1) Reviewing the schedule of meetings and workshops for 2016. 2) Receiving updates on the progress of each cluster and their plans and budgets. 3) Confirming the SPF's strategy and priorities for 2016. 4) Reviewing a draft deliverable from Cluster 4 on input for the international spectrum process. 5) Agreeing to send a letter to the Minister expressing concerns about proposals for the UHF band. 6) Welcoming a new member to the Steering Board.

1. Steering Board Update
Chris Cheeseman, BT plc
(Chair, SPF Steering Board)
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Note: The SPF Steering Board comprises: the (i) Cluster Chairs; (ii) Ofcom and DCMS; (iii) techUK secretariat/advisers and (iv) the
companies contributing to the SPF costs (currently : Airbus, Avanti, BT, Digital UK, Huawei, Inmarsat, QinetiQ, Qualcomm, Real
wireless, Sky, Three, Telefonica O2 and Vodafone).

2. https://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
Highlights from April 2016 Steering Board
1. Reviewed SPF work plan and meeting/workshops schedule
– See website and next slide
2. Reviewed progress of the clusters, plans and budgets.
3. Updated/confirmed our strategy/priorities https://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum/strategy
4. Reviewed key draft deliverable:
– Cluster 4: Input to DCMS and Ofcom on the International Process
5. Agreed urgent response to DCMS on EC 700MHz proposals:
– Letter to Minister Ed Vaizey - relaying concerns discussed at the Cluster 1 workshop on UHF band.
6. Confirmed Daniela Genta (Airbus) as Vice-Chair of Steering Board and welcomed
Inmarsat to the Steering Board
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3. https://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
UK SPF structure and tasks summary
(Updated 20 April 2016)
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Cluster 1 – Spectrum applications
and demand
Chair: Janette Stewart
1. IMT (5G) / mmWave work (WRC-19)
[Barry Lewis, Samsung]
2. 5GHz RLAN extension (WRC-19)
[Johnny Dixon, BT]
3. UHF band review (WRC-23)
including M2M/IoT [Janette Stewart, Analysys
Mason]
4. Other issues from 2015 spectrum
demand report
Cluster 2&3 – Spectrum access
Chairs: Peter Curnow-ford & Tony Lavender
1. Public sector spectrum release
Receiver performance[Leader needed]
2. Resilience [QinetiQ]
3. [Shared Spectrum Access and
Innovative solutions [Leader needed]]
4. mmWave (Backhaul) [Leader tba]
5. Example application of DCMS
“Social Value methodology”
Cluster 4 – International
Chair: Simon Pike
1. UK international preparatory
process (ITU WRC, EC, etc.)
2. EU Regulatory Framework Review
(spectrum aspects)
3. International Contributions (eg. 5G)
Workshop held
18 April 2016
Plenaries:
21 April 2016; 14 July 2016; 20 Oct 2016 and 26 Jan 2017
Steering board:
7 April 2016; 30 June 2016; 6 Oct 2016 and 12 Jan 2017
Meetings
20 Sept 2016
3 Nov 2016
Workshop held
23 March 2016
Meeting
14 March 2016
5G parameters
4 February 2016
18 March 2016
Workshop
19 May 2016
Workshops:
12 July and
11 October 2016Workshop
17 May 2016
Workshop
7 June 2016
Workshop
[Summer Autumn 2016]