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WRC-07

November 2007 printed issue available for download

Our top story this month is the progress made on opening up the mobile bands at the RA-07 and WRC-07 ITU meetings in Geneva.

4G

LTE

mobile

UHF

WiMAX

WRC-07

WRC-07 agrees flexibility for 3G and 4G spectrum

In the mobile field WRC-07 has made progress on the categorisation issue but seems no closer to agreement on the key agenda item, identifying spectrum for new services.

aircraft

MCA

mobile

Mobiles on aircraft: RyanAir due to make world’s first commercial deployment by year-end

Wide-ranging pressure is producing significant progress with 16 European regulators having approved the use of mobiles on aircraft. Trials in three EU countries as well as a Commission recommendation are...

interference

Spectrum trading

No “magic bullet” replacement for traditional means of preventing interference

Alternative ways of controlling interference have only limited application, says a new study. However, it is expected to make controversial recommendations like removing reference to safety services from the definition...

CPT

European Commission

Low power applications

UWB

Industry frustrated as Europe meanders slowly towards mass market UWB

Manufacturers of UWB devices are eyeing Europe eagerly and one even has a product which complies with draft EU standards but progress is being hindered by the failure of most...

collective use

commons

licence-free

Ofcom

Opinion: UK spectrum reform – the verdict from the licence-free community

The amount of spectrum allocated to licence-free use is usually an arbitrary regulatory decision. But is there another way? Yes, argues Robert Horvitz, who was recently asked to give his...

Broadcasting

digital dividend

France

Pressure grows in France for access to digital dividend frequencies

Telecoms operators need 150MHz of spectrum says report commissioned by regulator

Broadcasting

digital dividend

DSO

Sweden

UK

United Kingdom

UK starts digital switchover, Sweden completes it

This week has seen the UK switch off a single analogue channel in a town of 25,000 people while Sweden has ceased analogue transmissions entirely with few complaints from the...

IMT-2000

WiMAX

Wireless broadband

WRC-07

Breaking news: WiMAX admitted into IMT-2000 family

The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-07) meeting in Geneva agreed about an hour ago to include WiMAX in the IMT-2000 family, which includes the dominant 3G technologies, UMTS and CDMA-2000.

BBC

Broadcasting

Deutsche Telekom Group

digital dividend

EBU

European Commission

whitespace

Broadcasters commission research to stake their claim to digital dividend

Broadcasters are disputing economists' claims that mobile use of the digital dividend would boost the EU economy by 350 billion Euros. They have commissioned their own study to demonstrate the...

700MHz

AT&T

google

Spectrum auctions

AT&T’s $2.5bn spectrum buy to impact on 700MHz auction

The consensus amongst US analysts is that this week's US$2.5bn buyout of Aloha Partners' 12MHz block of 700MHz spectrum by AT&T has major ramifications for January’s auction of a much...

169 MHz

Broadcasting

ERMES

Spectrum liberalisation

Consultation expected to highlight shortcomings of European 169MHz restrictions

The troubled 169 MHz band, once set aside for the failed ERMES pan-European paging system, is unlikely to be used for its new purposes either says UK regulator Ofcom.

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