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Louth

Ofcom

Spectrum trading

Transfer Notification Register

EU’s first spectrum trade is agreed

20 Feb, 2006

More than a year after the UK became the first EU member state to comprehensively introduce spectrum trading the first deal has been agreed and is now awaiting regulatory approval.

Cable and Wireless

Cave

Libera

Ofcom

Spectrum trading

First spectrum trade shows value of new policy says leading expert

20 Feb, 2006

Professor Martin Cave, widely regarded as the founding father of spectrum trading in the UK has welcomed a ground breaking agreement between two companies to transfer their fixed wireless access...

DECT

mobile

Ofcom

Prime mobile spectrum to be auctioned in UK

17 Feb, 2006

Ofcom, the unitary regulator set up in 2003, has announced its first spectrum auction.

CEPT

ECMA

Freescale

Low power applications

WiMedia

UWB standards torch passes to WiMedia Alliance

16 Feb, 2006

After the collapse of the IEEE’s efforts the WiMedia camp is now hoping that its non-proprietary approach will win the standards race.

electricity

gas

Marcus

Spectrum liberalisation

Spectrum trading

spot market

Spot markets: a quantum leap in spectrum efficiency?

02 Feb, 2006

The technology is already here to establish an exchange where frequencies are bought by the minute says former FCC senior technical officer Michael Marcus. He argues that these can even...

analogue switch-off

BBC

broadcast spectrum

Broadcasting

EBU

European Commission

Laven

Regional Radiocommunication Conference

RRC

Broadcasters attack Commission’s spectrum trading plans

01 Feb, 2006

The depth of broadcasters’ opposition to the introduction of trading in the radio and TV bands is becoming clear. Are the proposals of little practical use or is this the...

business mobile radio

digital broadcasting

DVB-T

Federation of Communications Services

Ofcom

RRC-06

T-DAB

Business mobile radio users fear RRC-06 could cost them billions

30 Jan, 2006

While policy makers plan for the introduction of Europe-wide digital broadcasting services in VHF band III UK mobile radio users say this could cause interference and require massive infrastructure investment.

Guatemala

media diversity

Osiptel

SIT

Spectrum trading

Guatemala: spectrum trading pioneer starts to see the drawbacks

26 Jan, 2006

Spectrum liberalisation has certainly helped invigorate the country’s telecoms market but it has created problems like spectrum hoarding and left the broadcasting market vulnerable to new political pressures.

licensed

Nokia

OECD

PicoChip

unlicensed

Wi-Fi

Wireless broadband

OECD expected to point up anti-competitive dangers of unlicensed WiMAX

25 Jan, 2006

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is due to sound a warning over the potential for providers of unlicensed WiMAX networks to effectively monopolise broadband access in certain areas.

2006 Draft Annual Plan

electricity

gas

Ofcom

Public sector

utility companies

Will vital services fall through the net?

23 Jan, 2006

Utility companies fear that the introduction of trading in the mobile bands could squeeze out those emergency services where a guaranteed connection is essential.

Austria

Finland

presidency

Spectrum liberalisation

Spectrum trading

Austria keeps spectrum reform top of the European priority list

20 Jan, 2006

Austria, which now holds the EU presidency, is to press ahead with the spectrum reform agenda pursued by the UK.

draft European Standard

European Committee for Electrical Standardisation

JWG

Radio Society of Great Britain

Wireless broadband

Outlook for 2006: hopes pinned on a draft standard early in the year

11 Jan, 2006

Some progress but interference remains a concern

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EU’s first spectrum trade is agreed

First spectrum trade shows value of new policy says leading expert

Prime mobile spectrum to be auctioned in UK

UWB standards torch passes to WiMedia Alliance

Spot markets: a quantum leap in spectrum efficiency?

Broadcasters attack Commission’s spectrum trading plans

Business mobile radio users fear RRC-06 could cost them billions

Guatemala: spectrum trading pioneer starts to see the drawbacks

OECD expected to point up anti-competitive dangers of unlicensed WiMAX

Will vital services fall through the net?

Austria keeps spectrum reform top of the European priority list

Outlook for 2006: hopes pinned on a draft standard early in the year