by Jonathan Watson
The European Communications Committee (ECC) of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) has agreed harmonised frequency arrangements in the key 2 GHz paired bands (1920–1980 MHz and 2110–2170 MHz) that will allow them to be used for ultra-fast mobile broadband services. Read more...
by Catherine Viola
There’s a huge range of emerging applications for short-range wireless technologies, limited only by our imagination, technology, standards and spectrum. And in practice it is the technology, standards and spectrum that are the limiting factors, said Richard Walker, head of wireless at the Technology Partnership (TTP), at a meeting of… Read more...
by Martin Sims
Criticism of the recent Swiss combinatorial clock auction has intensified following the announcement of first quarter results from one of the bidders, Sunrise, which paid proportionately twice as much as its rivals. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The Obama Administration came under fire for not doing more to free up spectrum for public interest wireless services at a 23 May New American Foundation forum in Washington, DC. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
In what is said to be the first order of its kind worldwide, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on 24 May to allocate 40 MHz of spectrum in the 2360–2400 MHz band for medical body area networks (MBANs) in hospitals, clinics, doctors' offices and homes. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
No, unlicensed devices in the 2.4 GHz band (2400 – 2483.5 MHz, operation under Part 15.247) probably won’t be the next GPS/LightSquared, where a large installed base of unlicensed devices with significant susceptibility to out-of-band interference was threatened by the deployment of a cellular service in an adjacent band. However,… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Ongoing interference problems affecting consumer electronics devices and programme making and special events (PMSE) equipment have spurred the creation of a cross-industry lobbying group that aims to encourage European spectrum policymakers to ensure that new devices and services continue to work together. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
In the first of a series of workshops paving the way for rules for incentive auctions of broadcast spectrum, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on 22 May tackled the thorny topic of channel sharing. Among the many as-yet-unresolved business issues are how to determine which TV stations will make acceptable… Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Standards Association has published IEEE 802.11-2012, the latest revision of the 802.11 wireless LAN standard more commonly known as Wi-Fi. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic (TUSR) has decided to set spectrum caps in the 800 and 1800 MHz bands in an auction due to take place later this year. Read more...