Ofcom taps MoD for 2012 Olympics radio spectrum

Ofcom has published its draft recommendations on how to manage radio spectrum during the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

A final version will follow later this year but, in the interim, people can read the file here covering the various effects of the Olympics on London's spectrum use. The telecoms regulator published the document on Wednesday.

It appears that some of the spectrum that will be used for wireless video equipment will have to come from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Civil Aviation Authority and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

"The MoD have got quite a lot of spectrum - about a third of the spectrum that's under 16GHz," an Ofcom spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Wednesday. The spokesperson pointed out that the public agencies' temporary surrender of some of their spectrum was part of guarantees given by the UK government when it first bid for the Olympics.

Responses to the consultation document must be in by 5 August.

Original article: Ofcom publishes proposals for 2012 spectrum from ZDNet UK