The European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) has approved the axing of a "downlink-only" (SDL) clause in the proposed EU decision on the UHF band. In the US, the band plan for 600 MHz after the incentive auction also makes the introduction of SDL unlikely in that… Read more...

The UK operator told PolicyTracker that drones would not be part of the day-to-day operation of the emergency services network (ESN) it will begin running next year, but they could be used to establish impromptu networks when there is "crisis". Read more...

NTT Docomo and Nokia have launched a research project that will aim to achieve a throughput speed of 10 Gbps with optimised latency using the 4.4–4.9 GHz band. Read more...

Nokia Networks is trialling wide-area TV broadcasting using a single LTE frequency in the 700 MHz band. Read more...

Qualcomm and Nokia have suggested a “third way” for freeing up spectrum for commercial mobile broadband. Authorised Shared Access (ASA) allows sharing via cognitive technologies while ensuring predictable quality of service through individual authorisations, the companies say. But while it offers a major change from the traditional reliance on licensed… Read more...

A nationwide LTE network in the US run wholly over spectrum previously set aside for satellite mobile communications has taken a huge step closer to reality with a $7 billion contract being awarded for the network rollout. Read more...

Continuing disagreement over the prevention of interference in the lower bands is driving developers towards the 6-9GHz bands despite the difficulties this poses for chip design. Read more...

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is due to sound a warning over the potential for providers of unlicensed WiMAX networks to effectively monopolise broadband access in certain areas. Read more...

2005 has seen Europe’s first agreement on a draft standard for UWB Read more...