A Journey in Spectrum Sharing – from the Isle of Bute to the King’s Coronation and Beyond

“There is no show without spectrum.” The RF spectrum is the critical enabler that supports wireless connectivity. But RF Spectrum – in the frequency bands of greatest practicality (presently) – is a finite resource that needs to be carefully managed and regulated to ensure that it is used to best effect and to maximise efficiency. In this presentation, we will take a 15-year journey in spectrum sharing for wireless comms and seek to convey the early challenges encountered and how they’ve been overcome. Along our path we’ll introduce how we met the broadcast industry and why wireless broadcasting became our killer use case for private 5G. We’ll show how private 5G has come of age as a communications medium capable of supporting live HD, low latency, video wireless broadcasts with examples covering HRH Queen Elizabeth II final departure from Scotland via Edinburgh Airport, HRH King Charles III Coronation in London, and most recently, the greatest sporting event of 2024 that took place this summer in Europe.