by Michael Newlands
The first “true 4G” standard has been set by the ITU and the first equipment ships this week. While the mobile operators are not in a position to take advantage of this, WiMAX operator UK Broadband plans to use its significant spectrum holdings to provide true 4G data capacity in… Read more...
by Michael Newlands
A UMTS trial scheduled to be conducted in the 1800 MHz band in France this November will be watched with interest both by operators and regulators, particularly in countries such as the UK, where operators are licensed at either 900 or 1800 MHz. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
Britain’s two-month-old coalition government has grasped the nettle of spectrum reform by introducing a revised version of stalled legislation which wasn't passed in the last Parliament. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The UK’s spectrum database for programme making and special events devices gives it a competitive advantage that other European countries may be looking to emulate. Read more...
by Martin Sims
The veil is starting to lift on the new British government’s policies as they affect both the telecoms regulator Ofcom and the much-delayed framework for an equitable distribution of spectrum holdings amongst the country’s operators. Read more...
by Scott Billquist
This Ofcom consultation has provoked an usually high number of responses and most are scathing in their condemnation of the plan. Read more...
by Martin Sims
Governments need to stand firm behind regulators threatened with legal action rather than starting the consultation process all over again. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
The UK Labour Party has abandoned attempts to get a special instrument (SI) authorising spectrum reform through parliament before the pre-election recess. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
Ministers have announced that they are backing a package of measures very similar to that suggested by the UK regulator some years ago. The 2.6 GHz centre band is to be auctioned as soon as possible. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
The proposed introduction of spectrum leasing is the latest Ofcom liberalisation proposal to be put on ice by the British government to the dismay of aspiring band managers. Read more...