by David Yip
Dutch communications minister Henk Kamp has pledged to put the country's digital terrestrial TV (DTT) licence up for auction this summer. The successful bidder will have to stop using the 700 MHz band by the end of 2019. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The PMSE industry has joined broadcasters in voicing disquiet over the European Commission's proposal, while Ericsson says SDL at 470-694 MHz is the first stage of a “graceful transition” to DTT moving out of the band entirely. Read more...
by David Yip
A recently published report recommends releasing the 700 MHz band as well as bands above 2 GHz for mobile broadband use in six Gulf countries. Read more...
by David Yip
French regulator the Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes (ARCEP) has revealed the final prices paid by operators in the country's 700 MHz auction. It has also revealed which spectrum blocks will be assigned to which operator. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Agenda Item 1.2 was one of the nine issues resolved in the penultimate week of the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15), the inter-governmental event that amends the Radio Regulations. Read more...
by Toby Youell
France's mobile operators have agreed to pay €2.796 billion for 2 x 30 MHz in the 700 MHz band after a two-day allocation round of a first price package clock auction. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The South African regulator’s plans for a simultaneous multi-round auction (SMRA) of three bands in the coming months includes a 2 x 20 MHz block in the 700 MHz band that is to be used for a wholesale network. Read more...
by Toby Youell
An extraordinary meeting of the CEPT Working Group Frequency Management (WGFM) has approved ECC Report 218 for publication. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The ITU’s Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-15) managed to reach political agreement last week on two ITU Recommendations that the relevant study group had not agreed on. It also reached an agreement on focussing the ITU’s activities on various priorities in the next few years. Read more...
by Toby Youell
If WRC-15 decides to identify spectrum in the 700/800 MHz band for LTE-based public protection and disaster relief (PPDR) networks, it could secure the commercial viability of the PPDR sector. Read more...