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UHDTV may be too much for terrestrial broadcasters

The ITU has set the ball rolling on Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) with a new draft recommendation on standards, but it might be impossible for terrestrial broadcasters to support...

Public sector spectrum

FCC pushes for more efficient use of 4.9 GHz band for public safety

The 50 MHz block of broadband spectrum in the 4.9 GHz band allocated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to public safety use in 2002 hasn't met its full potential,...

450 MHz

4G

Brazilian 4G auction raises $1.3 billion

Brazil’s main mobile operators have paid a total of BRL 2.72 billion ($1.3 billion) for spectrum in the 2.6 GHz band but snubbed the spectrum on offer in the 450...

mobile

Political paralysis leads to indefinite delay in Pakistan 3G auction

Pakistan’s long-awaited 3G auction, which was “definitely” going to go ahead in March this year, is now on indefinite hold and unlikely to take place before general elections, which must...

1900 MHz

800 MHz

US and Mexico to share 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz border spectrum

The US and Mexico have agreed to share spectrum in the 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz bands along their joint border, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on 8 June.

mobile

ECC makes arrangements for 4G use of 2 GHz bands

The European Communications Committee (ECC) of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) has agreed harmonised frequency arrangements in the key 2 GHz paired bands (1920–1980 MHz and...

Short-range wireless a key enabler of a connected devices future

There’s a huge range of emerging applications for short-range wireless technologies, limited only by our imagination, technology, standards and spectrum. And in practice it is the technology, standards and spectrum...

Bakom

CCA

Orange

Spectrum auctions

Sunrise

Swisscom

Sunrise CEO calls Swiss mobile auction format “very unfavourable”

Criticism of the recent Swiss combinatorial clock auction has intensified following the announcement of first quarter results from one of the bidders, Sunrise, which paid proportionately twice as much as...

Former NTIA chief urges White House to free more spectrum for public interest uses

The Obama Administration came under fire for not doing more to free up spectrum for public interest wireless services at a 23 May New American Foundation forum in Washington, DC.

Low power applications

Medical

Public sector spectrum

FCC opens 40 MHz of spectrum for wireless patient monitoring

In what is said to be the first order of its kind worldwide, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on 24 May to allocate 40 MHz of spectrum in the...

Is 2.4GHz Wi-Fi the next GPS/LightSquared?

No, unlicensed devices in the 2.4 GHz band (2400 – 2483.5 MHz, operation under Part 15.247) probably won’t be the next GPS/LightSquared, where a large installed base of unlicensed devices...

Broadcasting

digital dividend

mobile

European industry sectors seek spectrum coexistence policy

Ongoing interference problems affecting consumer electronics devices and programme making and special events (PMSE) equipment have spurred the creation of a cross-industry lobbying group that aims to encourage European spectrum...

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