by Dugie Standeford
Harmonised public protection and disaster relief (PPDR) networks don't seem to hold much interest for EU member states, says SCF Associates director Simon Forge. Read more...
by Toby Youell
UK mobile companies were told that their deal with the government to improve roll-out would be borne in mind by the regulator when proposing annual licence fees. But Ofcom says the agreement does not affect their price-setting methodology. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Uk regulator Ofcom has announced that it will now allow dynamic spectrum access (DSA) using databases to access the country's TV white spaces (TVWS) on a licence-exempt basis. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK government has told the country's regulator to adjust the annual licence fees (ALFs) it planned to levy on the use of the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands in order to take account of an ambiguous deal it struck with operators last December. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Ben Roome, the chief executive of At800, explains why the UK’s 800 MHz interference problem is less significant than expected and how the majority of interference cases the organisation deals with have nothing to do with LTE. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Despite a great deal of talk over several years about the need to reallocate government-held spectrum for commercial uses in the US and UK, little has been accomplished so far. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The UK introduced spectrum trading in 2004 as part of its spectrum liberalisation agenda, but the actual number of trades remains low, figures from regulator Ofcom show. Even so, Britain appears to be light years ahead of France and Germany, which introduced the system around the same time. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Ofcom aims to auction the band by the beginning of 2022. Read more...
by Toby Youell
UK mobile operators are opposing the government's drive to implement national roaming, even though some of their senior engineers were closely involved in IET research that concluded roaming was a good way to improve network efficiency. Read more...
by Toby Youell
UK mobile operators are seeking simpler planning rules and advocating the use of a single local passive network in some areas to improve mobile coverage. The government, however, is more keen on using roaming regulations. Read more...