Monthly update from RSM New Zealand

Earlier this year, Radio Spectrum Management (RSM) consulted on a number of changes to the fixed service bands in New Zealand. Fixed services provide the backbone to the digital economy, by proving long- and short-distance backhaul for telecommunications and broadcasting services across New Zealand.

RSM received 17 feedback submissions from industry, and consequently there will be a number of changes to a number of the fixed services in the coming months:

• Digital services will be allowed in STL bands, where they were not previously allowed.
• The minimum spectral efficiency will be raised from 1 bit per second per hertz to 2 bits per second per hertz on new services.
• Equipment deployed for fixed service use operating between 6 and 38 GHz will need to meet EN 302 217-2-2.
• ITU-R F 1191 must be taken into account when deploying a fixed service.
• Relabelling of fixed service bands between 2 and 15 GHz, to correspond to frequency related designators.