by Dugie Standeford
Norway will switch to digital radio in December and three other countries are heading that way. But while DAB take-up is growing as receivers become available and cars install the technology, many markets are not - and may never be - ready for switchover, WorldDAB President Patrick Hannon told us. Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
Qatar's CRA is currently holding a public consultation regarding updated licences for the provision of telecommunication services onboard aircraft. The update licence proposes amendments to remove altitude restrictions on the use of onboard internet services below 3000 m, the current minimum altitude for such services. This revision to the previous licence… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
CEPT is holding a public consultation regarding a draft revision of ECC Decision (06)13 concerning the use of UMTS, LTE, WiMAX and IoT cellular systems in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. The revision concerns frequencies in the 900 MHz band between 880-915 MHz and 925-960 MHz as well as frequencies in… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
CEPT is holding a public consultation on a draft revision of an ECC decision concerning the use of frequencies in the 1400 MHz band for mobile fixed communication networks supplementary downlink applications. The Draft revision of ECC Decision (13)03 concerns frequencies in the 1452-1492 MHz range. This falls under the 1400 MHz… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
CEPT is holding a public consultation on a draft report reviewing the technical conditions for harmonising parts of the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands to support internet of things (IOT) applications. The draft report (CEPT Report 66) concerns frequencies in the range of 880-915 MHz / 925-960 MHz and 1710-1785… Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has officially adopted the results from a study by consultants LS telcom on the coexistence of the railway communication standard GSM-R with other communication systems. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The amount is less than previous commitments to similar 5G testbed projects at three UK universities. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The Canadian government has proposed setting spectrum aside in the 600 MHz band for smaller regional providers but Bell, one of the country's biggest telcos, says those in the running are in fact “large, well-capitalized incumbent cable companies” who don't need any financial concessions. Read more...