by Dugie Standeford
WRC-12 is off to a quick start, with several agenda items already in the bag, US officials said at a February 2 press briefing. Issues of future allocations for mobile broadband, however, including the 700 MHz “second digital dividend” in African and Arab countries, are still very much alive, they… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Interest in spectrum sharing is increasing in the US and EU as regulators search for more bandwidth for wireless technologies. But as the European Commission prepares for a 16 December meeting on the subject, documents from a US federal advisory panel and an academic highlight the difficulties of adopting new… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Broadcasters’ use of UHF is either stifling spectrum efficiency or the key to solving the capacity crunch, according to the various advocates for the future use of the band. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
When Ofcom published its plans for the TV white spaces last week, broadcasters and wireless microphone users saw their worst fears realised and their objections largely ignored. However, they have support from a surprising quarter. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Spectrum may be “America’s Achilles' heel” in the race for 4G deployment, according to a new report from Deloitte on the technology’s impact on US economic growth and competitiveness. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Spectrum may be “America’s Achilles' heel” in the race for 4G deployment, according to a new report from Deloitte on the technology’s impact on US economic growth and competitiveness. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
US telecoms regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has signed agreements with regulators in neighbouring Canada and Mexico to share commercial 700 MHz wireless broadband spectrum in border areas. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The US Federal Communications Commission has freed up around 650 MHz for wireless backhaul, and is considering how to make microwave communications more flexible and cost-effective. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
US priorities for WRC-12 are mobile broadband, unmanned aircraft systems, space research and wireless avionics services, key officials said at a recent press briefing. But with extensive bilateral talks still ongoing on many of the 33 agenda items, they refused to speculate on what the final US negotiating strategy will… Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
A report from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) casts doubt on some of the projections of mobile data growth that have been used to fuel claims of a “spectrum crisis” - just as the UMTS Forum predicts that voice and data traffic on mobile networks will grow more than… Read more...