by Dugie Standeford
EU-level and global harmonisation, and the continued availability of lower spectrum bands, are central to driving the rollout of 5G and Internet of Things services, according to representatives of the UK and French tech industries. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
“Fibre is the future," says Matt Hancock, a minister at the UK's Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS). "The market will have to lead and government will support. I want to know what we can do to support a full-fibre roll-out." Read more...
by Kane Mumford
UK regulator Ofcom will continue to be involved in Europe regardless of the status of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC), chief executive Sharon White says. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Motorola has been in a unique position to develop its LTE for public services offering since it bought Airwave, which currently provides the UK's emergency services network (ESN). Under the new LTE-based system, Motorola also has a contract to certify the equipment the UK emergency services can use. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
A National Audit Office (NAO) report concludes that it was a desire to save money that led the UK government to try something that with the exception of South Korea, which has a much better geographic LTE coverage, has not been tried anywhere else in the world – running an… Read more...
by Kane Mumford
In a consultation document, the UK regulator says it provisionally supports the operator's request. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The UK's National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) – whose key members include the artificial intelligence pioneer and founder of Google’s DeepMind project Demis Hassabis – has issued a call for evidence on uses envisaged for the ultra-high specifications of 5G. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Ofcom is consulting on a proposal to increase the amount of spectrum available to WiFi in the 5 GHz band. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Questions over emergency prioritisation and pre-emption, an ambitious transition schedule and the all-important issue of coverage are all addressed in the latest comments from the government department that awarded UK mobile operator EE the contract to host the country's emergency services network (ESN). Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Much of the public sector spectrum to be made available by the UK government in the next six years is to be shared rather than released, according to government official Nick Munn. Read more...