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All will be quiet on the Broadband over Powerline (BPL) front until April when it is hoped that yet another document will be circulated for vote in the bid to…

Analogue TV isn’t dead yet but the negotiations on what to do with the free spectrum are proving complex. Can technology neutrality be the principle for allocation? And will the…

The European Regulators Group (ERG) has sent a clear signal that it is committed to creating a regulatory environment where Voice over IP (VoiP) services can rapidly flourish.

The information society is to play a lead role in the new European Commission strategy intended to place the Lisbon goals at the centre stage of Community policy.

The mobile operators at the centre of the controversial joint dominance findings in Ireland are expected appeal the processes that led to this landmark decision.

Backing by a major mobile operator and a manufacturer have kept the technology-led UMTS Forum above water albeit in a somewhat slimmed down form.

One of the greatest challenges facing Europe is the linguistic variety in the Internal market, both a blessing of cultural diversity but also a barrier to cross-border deployment of services.

The Commission for Communications Regulation in Ireland has set in motion a process to review its spectrum management strategy which includes investigating whether market mechanisms are more effective than the…

Back in December the European Commission’s 10th implementation report cast doubt on the effectiveness of regulation in Slovenia, now the telecoms regulator has resigned after criticism from the country’s own…

UK regulator Ofcom will be pressing for clarity on the question of what constitutes harmful interference, a move which mirrors thinking within European Commission (EC) and represents one of the…

The phone may not have been ringing off the hook since spectrum trading was introduced in the UK on December 23rd, but a couple of entrepreneurs have initiated the first…

Orange France and Alcatel have thrown their weight behind the beleaguered UMTS Forum the future of which will be determined at a meeting of members later this month.

The biggest U.S. VoIP provider has opened for business in the UK while taking a sideswipe at regulators in Germany.

It has taken longer than anticipated but the UK regulator, Ofcom, is expected to release the final text of the Mason Report alongside its UWB consultation and spectrum implementation plan…

We predict that three things will dominate ICT policy debates: the Lisbon Agenda; the progress of spectrum trading in the UK; and the growing pressures on mobile operators.