by Michael Newlands
Arbitrary, regressive and inconsistent were some of the more polite things Indian and foreign telecoms executives had to say about the Telecoms Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) proposals on re-auctioning confiscated 2G licences, refarming 2G spectrum for 3G and 4G and auctioning the 700 MHz band. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Italy's new government has abandoned plans for a “beauty contest” that would have allocated digital terrestrial TV spectrum solely to broadcasters in favour of an auction. The change is expected to be good for long-neglected mobile operators, but at least one broadcaster is threatening to boycott the auction. Read more...
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by Michael Newlands
The world’s largest operator by subscriber numbers, China Mobile, has launched its first LTE service, a joint FDD/TDD network in the autonomous Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR). Read more...
by Michael Newlands
Verizon Wireless’s offer to sell off a large portion of the valuable 700 MHz spectrum it bought in the US “sale of the century” in 2008, provided regulators allow it to purchase Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum from a group of cable operators, could have serious repercussions on its rivals,… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The idea of using the 700 MHz band for mobile broadband is “irresistible,” the head of the EU Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) said at a regulatory conference in London. Roberto Viola said he intends to make discussion of a second digital dividend an agenda item for the committee's June… Read more...
by Michael Newlands
With the 800 MHz digital dividend agreed upon and harmonised for wireless broadband in Europe, the protagonists in what was a tough battle to use the spectrum are preparing for another fight as a second digital dividend at 700 MHz is now being proposed. Although it lags well behind its… Read more...
by Michael Newlands
A Colombian auction of spectrum for wireless broadband in three frequency bands, scheduled to take place on August 22 this year, aims to attract at least one new entrant into the market and has been designed accordingly. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The fundamental principle in spectrum regulation should be that “everything is permitted which is not forbidden,” according to the authors of a study on the socio-economic value of shared spectrum access published last month. Read more...