by Kane Mumford
Before Qualcomm’s global president urged industry and policymakers to avoid spectrum fragmentation this week, PolicyTracker spoke to the vendor’s European president Enrico Salvatori about accelerated timescales for 3GPP releases, Europe’s 5G focus and SDL’s role in the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT). Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Vodafone group chief executive Vittorio Colao has said the UK’s decision to leave the EU means possible exclusion from the "digital single market" (DSM), adding that the company may have to relocate its headquarters to the continent. A spokesperson for the group refused to comment on the remarks. Read more...
by David Yip
After refusing to take part in the digital dividend auction in 2013, Vodafone has now offered the Australian government A$594.3 million (€384 million) for a 700 MHz licence. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Speaking at the 2015 ECTA Regulatory Conference, senior representatives from the Dutch, French, and UK regulators rejected calls from the European Commission and two telcos for moves to centralise spectrum decision making in Europe. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK's public spending watchdog says that some mobile operators paid less than market value in the country's auction of spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
UK regulator Ofcom has published the results of the assignment stage of the country’s 800 MHz/2.6 GHz auction and issued the five winning bidders with licences valid from 1 March. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
European policymakers urgently need to develop a more coherent approach to the question of licence renewal, says Vodafone’s public policy director Richard Feasey. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
Albania’s largest mobile service provider, Greek operator Cosmote’s subsidiary Albanian Mobile Communications (AMC), has been awarded the country’s second 3G licence nearly a year after Vodafone was awarded the first. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
Albania’s largest mobile service provider, Greek operator Cosmote’s subsidiary Albanian Mobile Communications (AMC), has been awarded the country’s second 3G licence nearly a year after Vodafone was awarded the first. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
The first large-scale commercial deployment of LTE is underway in Germany, where Vodafone is rolling out the service to rural areas using 800 MHz spectrum. The company will then turn its attention to towns and cities, where it will deploy LTE at 2.6 GHz. Read more...