by Toby Youell
European ministries of the interior, commercial suppliers and industry associations have jointly rejected a German proposal to provide a 2 x 10 MHz block of spectrum for broadband public protection and disaster relief (PPDR) services in the 700 MHz duplex gap. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The German regulator, Bundesnetzagentur, raised €5.1 billion in its auction of the 700 MHz band, the GSM bands (900 MHz and 1800 MHz) and the L-band (1452–1492 MHz). Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The open-source initiative, called BigWhoop, will start by tracking planes and satellites but could go much further. Read more...
by Toby Youell
New entrants would be exempt from rollout conditions in major multiband auction. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Competition between two rival technical solutions for in-flight connectivity is causing disagreement at EU level. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The merged entity will lose its 900 MHz and 1800 MHz licences in 2015 not 2016, but could buy them back at auction. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The European Commission has approved Telefonica Deutschland's proposed takeover of KPN's German subsidiary E-Plus. Read more...
by Website author
The German regulator plans to take back some of the spectrum owned by a combined Telefónica/E-Plus and put it to auction. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
German plans to auction 700 MHz spectrum as part of a second digital dividend “completely neglect” the interests of the programme-making and special events (PMSE) community, according to Dré Klaassen, co-president of the Association of Professional Wireless Productions Technologies (APWPT). Read more...
by Toby Youell
Consultation documents from the German regulator reveal its intention to carry out a series of auctions for several bands, starting in 2014. Read more...