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Tumbling costs may have caused an explosion of Radio Frequency Identification tags in recent years, but problems with international compatibility, interference and privacy remain.

Tensions are mounting at the ballot resolution meeting for the existing international WLAN security standard 8802-11 which got underway in Prague this week.

It is technically possible to use the GSM bands for 3G says the European regulators organisation, CEPT, but so far only France has agreed to do this and a consistent…

One of the central policy objectives of the European Commission is said to be coming under pressure at the Regional Radio Conference in Geneva where now, in the third week,…

After long and hard negotiations the concession to build Norway’s new digital television network has gone to NTV (Norges Televisjon), owned jointly by the three terrestrial channels.

The June edition of PolicyTracker is now available for download and our themes this month are the WAPI standards dispute and the start of RRC-06.

Mobile TV is transforming spectrum planning in Europe as regulators seek to open up L-band, currently harmonised for terrestrial and satellite DAB.

The European Commission has issued a tender for a study that is expected to assist in defining a possible radio interference regulatory model for the European Community.

Julian McGougan of broadcasting transmission company Arqiva considers the role of the regulator in maximising the digital dividend and questions whether even the most liberal economies can ever leave this…

The Chinese authorities have made some serious allegations about the IEEE in what is being called a last ditch attempt to secure a place on the global stage for WAPI,…

The Chinese authorities have made some serious allegations about the IEEE in what is being called a last ditch attempt to secure a place on the global stage for WAPI,…

The ITU Regional Radiocommunication Conference (RRC-06) which began last week in Geneva has taken the first decision in what is expected to be an intense five week meeting.

As regulators plan broadcasting frequency allocations for the digital age it is becoming clear that in the UK at least there will be substantial pressure to allocate the released frequencies…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has delayed its auction of spectrum licences for Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) until August 9, 2006.

It wasn’t quite the Cannes Film Festival, which also opened this week, but May 15th saw the beginning of the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Regional Radio Conference (RRC-06) in Geneva.