by Dugie Standeford
A proposal by the US regulator to save at least one vacant channel in the UHF band for TV white space devices and wireless microphones when TV stations are repacked after the spectrum incentive auction has angered two FCC commissioners, broadcasters and the low-power TV (LPTV) community. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Nine years on from the GE-06 agreement on broadcasting in ITU Region 1 (Africa, the Middle East and Europe), just over a third of administrations have completely replaced analogue broadcasting with digital transmissions. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The comprehensive rejection by a US appeals court of their challenge to the spectrum incentive auction may not be game over for broadcasters, but it does set a high bar for any further contests. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Italy may struggle to meet a possible 2022 deadline to make the 700 MHz band available for mobile broadband, according to a representative from its regulator. Read more...
by Toby Youell
According to figures presented at the Small Cells World event recently, 11.2 million small cells had been shipped globally by the end of 2014, compared to 176 million Wi-Fi access points. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Chip designer Qualcomm has introduced a new technology intended to combine the business models of Wi-Fi providers with the technology of mobile operators. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
A US dispute between a company that wants to make robot lawnmowers and radio astronomers may seem silly, but astronomers say it highlights the growing threat to space observation from myriad devices using licensed and unlicensed spectrum. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Negotiations over the emergency services network (ESN) contract to provide the UK's emergency services with broadband communications will conclude at the end of this week, PolicyTracker understands. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Mobile operators' spectrum strategies should be flexible and licences should be neutral in order to take account of the mismatch between licence lengths and business plans, according to Orange's director of spectrum strategy Steve Blythe. Read more...