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Ofcom wants to stay involved in Europe, whatever BEREC’s role
Oct 18, 2016
by Kane Mumford

UK regulator Ofcom will continue to be involved in Europe regardless of the status of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC), chief executive Sharon White says. Read more...

UK taxpayer could fund large part of R&D of world’s first commercial 4G PPDR network
Oct 16, 2016
by Kane Mumford

Motorola has been in a unique position to develop its LTE for public services offering since it bought Airwave, which currently provides the UK's emergency services network (ESN). Under the new LTE-based system, Motorola also has a contract to certify the equipment the UK emergency services can use. Read more...

Spending watchdog says UK government underestimated risks of LTE PPDR network
Sep 19, 2016
by Kane Mumford

A National Audit Office (NAO) report concludes that it was a desire to save money that led the UK government to try something that with the exception of South Korea, which has a much better geographic LTE coverage, has not been tried anywhere else in the world – running an… Read more...

Ofcom backs EE’s request to upgrade 2.1 GHz unpaired licence for LTE and ESN
Aug 30, 2016
by Kane Mumford

In a consultation document, the UK regulator says it provisionally supports the operator's request. Read more...

UK infrastructure body seeks more detail on 5G use cases
Jun 08, 2016
by Kane Mumford

The UK's National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) – whose key members include the artificial intelligence pioneer and founder of Google’s DeepMind project Demis Hassabis – has issued a call for evidence on uses envisaged for the ultra-high specifications of 5G. Read more...

UK regulator seeks to free 2 x 80 MHz channels in 5 GHz band for Wi-Fi
May 19, 2016
by Kane Mumford

Ofcom is consulting on a proposal to increase the amount of spectrum available to WiFi in the 5 GHz band. Read more...

UK Home Office responds to concerns about commercial PPDR network
May 16, 2016
by Kane Mumford

Questions over emergency prioritisation and pre-emption, an ambitious transition schedule and the all-important issue of coverage are all addressed in the latest comments from the government department that awarded UK mobile operator EE the contract to host the country's emergency services network (ESN). Read more...

UK public sector spectrum to be shared rather than released
Apr 20, 2016
by Kane Mumford

Much of the public sector spectrum to be made available by the UK government in the next six years is to be shared rather than released, according to government official Nick Munn. Read more...

UK mobile operator calls for urgent reform of the country’s Electronic Communications Code
Apr 18, 2016
by Kane Mumford

EE’s head of spectrum Inge Hansen wants base station landlords to be prevented from “holding the company to ransom". Read more...

UK regulator plans to use coverage obligations in 700 MHz auction but further battles with mobile operators lie ahead
Apr 14, 2016
by Jonathan Watson

UK regulator Ofcom has published its “initial conclusions” from the strategic review of digital communications it launched in 2015. Read more...