It looks like mobile services will gain in Europe at the expense
of digital terrestrial over the coming decade as the region's
first radio spectrum policy undergoes final consultation before
likely adoption at the end of 2011. The policy will align radio
spectrum allocation across Europe to avoid interference between
services in neighbouring regions operating in overlapping
frequencies, and also to pursue the European Union's (EU) 2020
Digital Agenda spanning the whole field of electronic
communications. The first so called Radio Spectrum Policy
Programme (RSPP) will be based on draft proposals set out by the
European Commission, which is the EU's governing body, in
September 2010, and this has since received strong support from
most member countries. The proposal, which aims to establish a
five-year programme to promote efficient radio spectrum
management, specifies that sufficient frequency bands are made
available by 2013 for wireless broadband. This is to help the EU
fulfill its commitments in the Digital