Presented in the UK Spectrum Policy Forum Plenary meeting on 28th January 2016 by Chris Cheeseman, Spectrum Strategy Director, BT Group and Steering Board Chairman

1. Steering Board Update
Chris Cheeseman, BT plc
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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, QinetiQ,
Qualcomm, Real wireless, Sky, Three, Telefonica O2 and Vodafone).

2. Highlights from January 2016 meeting
• Reviewed SPF structure and detailed work plans (see later)
• Agreed workshops on priority issues (Cluster leads will explain)
– Resilience and interference
– Public sector spectrum for commercial applications
– International preparatory process
– 5G para
• Reviewed progress of the clusters, plans and budgets.
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3. UK SPF structure and tasks summary
(as agreed at January 2016 meeting of the SPF Steering Board)
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Cluster 1 – Spectrum “pinch points”
Chair: Janette Stewart
1. PMSE requirements [Sky - provisional] ]
2. IMT (5G) / mmWave work (WRC-19)
[Barry Lewis, Samsung]
3. 5GHz RLAN extension (WRC-19)
[Leader needed]
4. UHF band review (WRC-23)
including M2M/IoT [Leader needed]
Cluster 2&3 – Spectrum access
Chairs: Peter Curnow-ford & Tony Lavender
1. Public sector spectrum release [Analysys
Mason]
2. Receiver performance[Leader needed]
3. Resilience [QinetiQ?]
4. Shared Spectrum Access and
Innovative solutions [Leader needed]
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)