Fear of litigation appears to have induced a state of paralysis in the UK ministry responsible for telecommunications and regulator Ofcom when it comes to releasing spectrum for LTE. Read more...

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 that are the limiting factors, said Richard Walker, head of wireless at the Technology Partnership (TTP), at a meeting of… Read more...

A Cambridge Wireless special interest group convened in London in April to consider whether radio can deliver the home area network (HAN) for future smart energy in Great Britain (GB). While wireless is emerging as the preferred technology option, the forum heard that there is no single radio solution that… Read more...

This is the bullish conclusion of Understanding Weightless. Technology, Equipment, and Network Deployment for M2M Communications in White Space*, written by William Webb, CTO of Cambridge start-up Neul and one of the chief architects of the “Weightless” white space technology standard. Read more...

A lot has happened in the world of spectrum since Ofcom’s Spectrum Framework Review was published in 2004. Is it time for the regulator to rethink its strategy? Read more...

While users of spectrum are pleased at the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s recent announcement on releasing spectrum for private sector use, the idea of leasing certain bands for three years before putting them up for auction has not been so well received. Read more...

While users of spectrum are pleased at the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s recent announcement on releasing spectrum for private sector use, the idea of leasing certain bands for three years before putting them up for auction has not been so well received. Read more...

The old certainties about spectrum usage are disappearing fast, the head of the UK regulator said as he contemplated a future that could include the re-planning of the whole digital terrestrial TV (DTT) band. Ed Richards said the public would have to get used to retuning and a shorter product… Read more...

Plans by the UK spectrum regulator to auction 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum next year won strong support in a report published today by the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee. But lawmakers said that while Ofcom was generally “doing a good job” in balancing the needs… Read more...

Plans by the UK spectrum regulator to auction 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum next year won strong support in a report published today by the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee. But lawmakers said that while Ofcom was generally “doing a good job” in balancing the needs… Read more...