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BEIRG

JFMG

Ofcom

PMSE

Programme Making and Special Events

SMO

Spectrum Management Organisation

Casualties of switchover?

24 Apr, 2006

The transition to digital TV is forcing the UK’s users of radio mics out of their current frequency bands and causing concern about the economic impact on the entertainment industries.

community radio

Guatemala

public broadcasting

SIT

Liberalisation pioneer fails to close the legal loopholes

21 Apr, 2006

Ten years after Guatemala spearheaded spectrum liberalisation there is still no provision for public service broadcasting, leaving dozens of community radios in a legal no man’s land.

1781.7-1785 MHz

1876.7-1880 MHz

mobile

Ofcom

private GSM networks

Result of spectrum auction due within days

21 Apr, 2006

Ofcom is expected to announce the winners of the DECT guard band auction early next week.

1710-1755MHz

2110-2155MHz

Cingular

FCC

mobile

NTIA

T-mobile

WiMAX

Can spectrum auctions save US budget deficit?

19 Apr, 2006

The auction of 3G-compatible spectrum this summer is exciting both controversy and commercial interest. While it's unlikely to generate proportionately as much as the European 3G auctions the government is...

australia

device-centric

interference

Space-centric

Whittaker

Liberalisation means tackling the interference problem

12 Apr, 2006

Flexible access to the radio spectrum requires all interference benchmarks to be pre-defined, argues a new book. Countries relying on self-regulation will place an unfair burden on industry says its...

1781.7-1785MHz 1876.7-1880MHz

DECT guard bands

private GSM networks

Spectrum auctions

Auction date announced, two bidders withdraw

10 Apr, 2006

The first spectrum auction since the UK’s unitary regulator Ofcom was set up in 2003 will take place on Thursday April 20.

CEPT

ECC

Electronic Communications Committee

European Commission

European Conference of Post and Telecommunications Administrations

Low power applications

Pulsers

Sven Zeisberg

WiMAX

Forget about the politics!

05 Apr, 2006

The millions of Euros spent on developing UWB has delivered results, says the head of the Pulsers project, but progress depends on judging the technology by its own merits.

2.5-2.69 GHz

2.6 GHz

European Commission

RSC

WAPECS

Wireless broadband

The Commission answers PolicyTracker’s questions on 2.5 GHz

31 Mar, 2006

The full text of the responses from InfoSoc and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding.

2.5-2.69 GHz

2.6 GHz

European Commission

RSC

WAPECS

Wireless broadband

Commission admits defeat

31 Mar, 2006

The European Commission has accepted that it can’t get regulators in the Radio Spectrum Committee to agree on EU-wide access to the 2.5 GHz band for technologies like WiMAX.

BT Movio

DAB-IP

DMB

DVB-H

mobile TV

Ofcom

UK

United Kingdom

UK’s first mobile TV spectrum up for auction in 2007

31 Mar, 2006

Ofcom has put forward proposals for auctioning L-band, which is expected to generate substantial interest because of the amount of spectrum available (40 MHz) and its ability to deliver mobile...

ADSL

BPL

high frequency

VDSL

Impasse reached on network emissions standard

29 Mar, 2006

In what is being viewed as a bid by the European Commission to remove any obstacles to the rollout of broadband, work on a network emission standard has been suspended...

automotive

Intelligent car

Reding

Intelligent Cars sans spectrum on track for collision

28 Mar, 2006

Tell the world you have a technology that will save lives and you’ve got a successful press campaign but given existing spectrum constraints can safety in the Intelligent Car ever...

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Casualties of switchover?

Liberalisation pioneer fails to close the legal loopholes

Result of spectrum auction due within days

Can spectrum auctions save US budget deficit?

Liberalisation means tackling the interference problem

Auction date announced, two bidders withdraw

Forget about the politics!

The Commission answers PolicyTracker’s questions on 2.5 GHz

Commission admits defeat

UK’s first mobile TV spectrum up for auction in 2007

Impasse reached on network emissions standard

Intelligent Cars sans spectrum on track for collision