This is the bullish conclusion of Understanding Weightless. Technology, Equipment, and Network Deployment for M2M Communications in White Space*, written by William Webb, CTO of Cambridge start-up Neul and one of the chief architects of the “Weightless” white space technology standard. Read more...

A lot has happened in the world of spectrum since Ofcom’s Spectrum Framework Review was published in 2004. Is it time for the regulator to rethink its strategy? Read more...

While users of spectrum are pleased at the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s recent announcement on releasing spectrum for private sector use, the idea of leasing certain bands for three years before putting them up for auction has not been so well received. Read more...

While users of spectrum are pleased at the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s recent announcement on releasing spectrum for private sector use, the idea of leasing certain bands for three years before putting them up for auction has not been so well received. Read more...

The old certainties about spectrum usage are disappearing fast, the head of the UK regulator said as he contemplated a future that could include the re-planning of the whole digital terrestrial TV (DTT) band. Ed Richards said the public would have to get used to retuning and a shorter product… Read more...

Plans by the UK spectrum regulator to auction 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum next year won strong support in a report published today by the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee. But lawmakers said that while Ofcom was generally “doing a good job” in balancing the needs… Read more...

Plans by the UK spectrum regulator to auction 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum next year won strong support in a report published today by the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee. But lawmakers said that while Ofcom was generally “doing a good job” in balancing the needs… Read more...

The organisation that represents the UK’s PMSE sector says it is outraged that Equiniti, the company appointed by the regulator Ofcom to help make way for 4G services in the 800 MHz band, is now selling equipment that can be used in the spectrum which the government paid the company… Read more...

The organisation that represents the UK’s PMSE sector says it is outraged that Equiniti, the company appointed by the regulator Ofcom to help make way for 4G services in the 800 MHz band, is now selling equipment that can be used in the spectrum which the government paid the company… Read more...

Ofcom’s announcement that the UK’s 4G auction is to be pushed back at least another six months to allow for further consultation is just the latest in a long series of delays to a process that began five years ago. Read more...