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Could the large numbers of cheap devices not complying with the R&TTE Directive weaken the industry trust needed to implement spectrum flexibility? Scott Billquist investigates solutions proposed by policy-makers reviewing…

This Monday (7 July) the European Parliament's industry committee will vote on the 1200 amendments to the Commission’s proposals for the review of the telecoms framework package.

An EU regulators report says we should be thinking about the whole range of collective uses of spectrum and it proposes four criteria for deciding whether more frequencies need to…

The specification for second-generation digital terrestrial TV transmission has been published and will shortly be submitted for standardisation. The UK will be relying on DVB-T2 for terrestrial HDTV.

The agreed version of the European Parliament’s digital dividend report goes further than the European Commission by calling for a compulsory EU-wide approach to all the released analogue TV frequencies.

The European Parliament is demanding more control over spectrum policy but seems to be back tracking on calls to curtail Commission powers. However, MEPs are set to get a greater…

Our top story this month is the EU telecoms council meeting where InfoSoc Commissioner Viviane Reding called for half the digital dividend to be used for wireless services.

The European Commission has published its decision designating 2.6GHz as the first WAPECs band but there is concern about clauses which allow member states to delay the start of the…

The FCC is shortly due to publish proposals for the re-auctioning of D Block which failed to sell in the US 700MHz auction. The regulator says it wants new ideas…

As Brussels prepares a detailed policy on reallocating the analogue TV frequencies, telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding has urged member states to realise the goal of broadband for all by releasing…

The EU Telecoms Council has overwhelmingly rejected the pan-European regulator with some spectrum responsibilities proposed by Brussels; Infosoc Commissioner Viviane Reding says she is considering other options.

A European regulators study group has completed its report on using the interleaved or white space spectrum between digital broadcasts. While this makes several recommendations it says further work is…

While EU telecoms ministers will only hear progress reports on the review of the framework directive more significant developments are expected on digital switchover policy.

Ofcom has postponed the sale of this key WiMAX and 3G band pending the outcome of legal action by mobile operators T-Mobile and O2

The select group of companies with a keen interest in using military spectrum have welcomed the UK Ministry of Defence’s liberalisation initiative. However, for most firms their main focus of…