by Martin Sims
A deal signed today (17 Feb) by representatives of 165 countries has greatly increased the likelihood of a second digital switchover across Europe. This could involve viewers having to retune their sets or buy a new set top box or TV. It comes only a few years after they had… Read more...
by Martin Sims
Delegates have reached an unexpected deal to make a mobile allocation in the 700 MHz band, starting in 2015. Read more...
by Martin Sims
An edited transcript of an interview with M Rancy conducted on 17.2.12 on the outcome of the WRC Read more...
by Martin Sims
The World Radiocommunication Conference has agreed a defined time limit for the protection of satellite orbits. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The vote by the European Parliament for a five-year spectrum policy roadmap was a “historic decision” because it's the first such programme and it will give Europe the largest amount of spectrum worldwide for mobile data traffic, Swedish European Parliament EPP member Gunnar Hökmark said at a press briefing. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The US achieved most of its objectives at WRC-12 and is positioned for further gains at WRC-15, delegation officials said Thursday (February 16). They praised the “effective and collaborative” efforts of the 150-plus countries in making the negotiations a success. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
After months of wrangling between LightSquared and the Global Positioning System (GPS) community over the company's proposal to use mobile satellite spectrum for a nationwide wireless access network, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said late Tuesday it plans to kill the project. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
A lot has happened in the world of spectrum since Ofcom’s Spectrum Framework Review was published in 2004. Is it time for the regulator to rethink its strategy? Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
As WRC-12 entered its final week, delegates appeared to be heading for agreement on extending mobile broadband services into the 790–862 MHz band in Arab and African countries, rejecting changes to the ITU Radio Regulations with regard to cognitive radio and including an item on IMT and mobile broadband on… Read more...
by Michael Newlands
A week after the Indian Supreme Court revoked 122 telecommunications licences issued in 2008, a clearer picture is starting to emerge of what this will mean not just to the six operators involved but also to the mobile industry in the country as a whole. Read more...