The facility delivers ultra high speed broadband communications over mobile networks, said Dr Al Amer delivering the inaugural keynote address at the third Middle East Spectrum Conference.
He said that the new spectrum would add more colour to the lives of Bahrain’s population. “The 2.6 GHz spectrum when it hits the market is expected to increase the speed of mobile broad bands and with improved clarity. Video streaming for example gets more real life,” he said.
The removal of waiting periods, he said, brings it closer to life.
“A thorough assessment of public mobile spectrum requirement will be commissioned shorts to determine and plan the longer term radio spectrum requirement of Bahrain’s public mobile communications sector,” said Dr Al Amer.
TRA General Director Mohamed Hamad Bubashait, addressing the telecommunications experts said that Bahrain would offer the 2.6 GHz band – the preferred evolutionary path for most public mobile operations in the MENA and European regions – in two tranches.
The first, two paired sub-bands of 40 MHz would be freed by end 2012. A further 30 MHz paired 2.6GHz spectrum would be freed by late 2014.
He hoped that these would help mobile telecommunications providers the latest Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-advanced technologies to Bahrain.
The TRA, he said, would also be developing a technology neutral licence award process for the entire 70 MHz of 2.6 GHz paired spectrum.