by Dugie Standeford
The long-running saga of the UK's attempt to build a next-generation emergency services mobile radio network continues with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) now considering an investigation. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Inmarsat's pan-European in-flight mobile broadband service, the European Aviation Network, doesn't violate rules for use of ground components, the European Court of Justice says in a rebuff to a rival satellite company. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
UK makers and distributors of radio equipment must soon use the "UKCA" mark on their products, a change the industry says will add unnecessary costs. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
UK regulator Ofcom has approved a trade of unpaired 2.6 GHz spectrum from mobile operator EE to Telefonica (O2). The voluntary transfer could be the first of its kind in Europe. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
A debate is now underway in the UK and elsewhere over whether mobile network operators should be given access to street furniture such as lampposts for 4G and 5G rollout. 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 Dugie Standeford
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has rejected an appeal by satellite operator ViaSat against a decision by the regulator Ofcom to authorise a rival firm, Inmarsat, to use the 2 GHz band to provide broadband services to air passengers. ViaSat may still press on with similar challenges in other… Read more...
by Richard Handford
New Zealand’s government wants the occupants of 3.5 GHz to vacate the band and is considering sharing auction proceeds with them as compensation. Read more...
by Mark Ballard
Ireland's 3.5 GHz auction last year demonstrated mobile operators' interest in this potential 5G band and this has been confirmed by the UK's auction results, where the price for a single block rose from £1 million to £38 million. The same auction also sold all the available 2.3 GHz lots… Read more...
by Richard Handford
Operators from countries such as South Korea, Japan and the US attended a meeting held by a group that backs 28 GHz for the first time. Mexico’s regulator was also represented. Read more...