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In Italy, there's no obligation on the first 800 MHz block, but each owner of another 5 blocks has to fulfill rural coverage obligations. Those operators need to begin deploying networks from the beginning of 2013, by when analog terrestrial TV is expected to have been switched off, and have to cover 30 per cent of a specified list of towns of less than 3000 inhabitants three yrs later (by the end of 2015), 75 % 5 years later (by the end of 2017), and 100 % seven yrs later (by the end of 2019). The hybrid 1800/2600 MHz approach drives a new evolution: 1800 MHz is becoming a powerful LTE ecosystem Rather than waiting for the 800 MHz spectrum to become available, various operators have begun to deploy 2600 MHz or 1800 MHz in cities. As 1800 MHz has better out-of-doors and inside coverage propagation parameters, operators with ten or twenty MHz of free 1800 MHz spectrum are deploying LTE 1800 MHz networks. LTE 1800 MHz deployments are becoming a key trend. World-wide over 20 operators have committed to deploy LTE on 1800 MHz, either on newly acquired spectrum or on spectrum freed using refarming methods. Examples of mobile operators pursuing an LTE tactic on 1800 MHz includeYoigo in Spain,Telstra as first operator to supply LTE services in Australia, e-plus in Germany and H3G in Italy. Polkomtel in Poland is using the 1800 MHz spectrum of smaller sister mobile operators, Aero2 and Mobyland, to supply LTE services national, well before the other mobile operators, which need to look forward to LTE auctions to be held early in 2013. LTE will have an impact much faster than UMTS - myths of LTE skeptics are being refuted LTE is becoming a market truth much faster than UMTS did a decade ago. At that time, operators invested into UMTS assuming it'd push consumer need for better connectivity, yet requirement initially remained low. In contrast, nowadays mobile operators require to deploy the LTE spectrum so as to cope with the already existing rapid growth in need for mobile data. This, moreover to operators’ and suppliers’ require to show that LTE can become a much required growth area, has resulted in considerable pressure on all market players to make certain that LTE will be adopted more fast than UMTS. Still, the buzz around LTE has included numerous myths quarrelling that there will be a slow deployment of LTE. Our fact check indicates that these myths do not hold true. Myth #1: LTE will not offer enough interior coverage for data services Truth: Indoor coverage on 800 MHz has proven to be strong, and 1800 MHz may also present reasonable coverage in urban and suburban areas. Femto-/Pico- and Microcells can also resolve inside coverage concerns nMyth #2: There will be a lack of LTE devices, as was the case in the early days of UMTS Truth: LTE devices are already available and the premium compared to handsets without Lte is shrinking rapidly on account of intense competition amongst smartphone gadget providers such Apple, Nokia, Samsung, Huawei and HTC. A variety of LTE- compatible smartphones, dongles, tablets and modems were already presented at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012 and at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona Myth #3: LTE tariffs will be very expensive, limiting uptake on the user side Fact: UMTS tariffs were more expensive than GSM tariffs for several years. We expect that the cost premium for LTE vs. UMTS-only data tariffs will quickly decline, fostering LTE uptake. In Sweden, for example, LTE data tariffs were already considerably revised downwards Myth #4: LTE is just suitable for mobile, not fixed, broadband services Reality: LTE also is used to provide fixed broadband services through stationary LTE modems as promoted by Vodafone Germany, by way of example Myth #5: LTE is just not suited for mobile voice Fact: Solutions enabling voice for LTE are in the making. Yoigo plans to introduce VoIP for LTE in Spain this year. Qualcomm and Ericsson announced the first effective test of VoIP over LTE to WCDMA handover. Voice over LTE, in particular IMS-based, is now strongly pushed by the industry. Extra solutions will be available in the near future. 3 LTE Spectrum and Network Methods The 5 hurdles often put forward as likely to slow LTE uptake are hence being overcome by infrastructure and machine suppliers, too as by operators. Making use of network innovations: Enabling better capacity and coverage on 1800 and 2600 MHz bands Vendors and their network innovations are the enablers of smart network solutions for the effective use of >1 GHz bands for LTE, making up to a specific extent for the coverage boundaries of all these bands compared to 800 MHz spectrum: Macro-cells are intended for all LTE bands (800, 1800, 2600 FDD andTDD) Micro and Picocells might be deployed just like an underlay network to a macro-cell network, possibly in another spectrum band - leading to hybrid macro/micro-cell networks with enhanced indoor coverage Femtocells are also an option to raise LTE interior coverage and can help to substitute fixed broadband with mobile broadband TDD is now back on the agenda of mobile operators deploying 2600 MHz networks in a hybrid FDD/TDD approach - TDD spec- trum is needed as a capacity overflow buffer and/or for apps utilizing massive downlink, but no or limited uplink capacity Network co-operation might be a game changer as reduced Opex & Capex can result in a competitive advantage