by Manuel R. Marti
UK regulator Ofcom has proposed new measures to facilitate spectrum sharing in mobile bands, authorising third parties to “exploit” unused awarded spectrum. Read more...
by Richard Handford
A deal to swap spectrum between Telefonica and Vodafone in the UK received regulatory encouragement, while India's Reliance Jio Infocomm and RCom were given the cold shoulder. However, both situations indicate trading is on the rise. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Senior representatives from Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone called on the European Commission’s radio spectrum advisory body to open up peer reviews, following waning European institutional support for mandatory reviews. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The regulator told PolicyTracker it is not currently considering releasing 2.3 GHz ahead of the eventual release of 3.4 GHz, as requested by O2. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Vodafone took Milan, while Telecom Italia and Wind won the rights to hold trials in Prato and l’Aquila and Bari and Matera respectively. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Vodafone Australia has called for the country’s National Broadband Network (NBN Co) to work with the mobile sector and share the 3.4 GHz spectrum that is critical to the rollout of 5G. However, the operator did not show any interest in the band when it was assigned in 2011. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Vodafone and others also had a variety of questions for regulators at the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) stakeholder meeting held in Paris last week. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The regulator believes there is enough market interest to justify its decision not to sell two chunks of 700 MHz to Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) last year. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
As an influential committee of MPs launches a probe of the UK's emergency services network (ESN) programme, PolicyTracker has learned that a November date was agreed by all mobile operators for EE to release information on the location and size of new LTE infrastructure. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The two groups’ joint venture, VHA, declined to take part in the country’s 2013 700 MHz auction, blaming excessive reserve prices. It then tried to buy most of the leftover spectrum earlier this year at the original reserve price, triggering a new auction. Read more...