by Toby Youell
Abdoulkarim Soumaila, the secretary general of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), says his priorities for WRC-15 are resolving the paper satellite problem and securing the 700 MHz band. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Evicting terrestrial broadcasters from the 700 MHz band by 2020 - as suggested by the European Commission's "high level group" - raises difficult political and technical questions, says European Broadcasting Union (EBU) technology and innovation director Simon Fell. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The European Parliament has now approved Jean-Claude Juncker's new European Commission after he changed some portfolios and commissioners to appease MEPs' concerns. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
With policy makers in several countries seriously considering single wholesale networks (SWNs), a report for the GSM Association (GSMA) argues that the traditional multi-operator approach is better for spectrum efficiency, innovation, competition and coverage. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC's flagship 600 MHz auction has been pushed back to 2016. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
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by Dugie Standeford
With the EU Telecoms Council scheduled to meet on 27 November, the fate of the spectrum provisions of the “telecoms single market” (TSM) proposal, not to mention the entire package itself, seems murky, several stakeholders said. The Italian Presidency of the EU Council, however, denied that the legislation would be… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Ericsson is backing GSM Evolution for the Internet of Things (IoT). Meanwhile, evolutionary approaches to IoT based on LTE and UMTS have been approved for 3GPP Release 13, while industry consolidation could boost the "clean slate" approach. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
As interest in drones ("unmanned aircraft systems" or UAS) continues to grow, one big question is what spectrum could be used for their command and control. WRC-15 will consider whether frequency bands allocated to the fixed satellite service (FSS) are suitable for the control and non-payload communications of drones in… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
As preparations continue for WRC-15, where decisions will be made on how much spectrum will be needed for future mobile broadband services, three separate papers argue that the model on which forecasts are based is flawed, leading to excessively high estimates and bad policy. Mobile operators, however, say government and… Read more...