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Smooth transition to digital TV in the Netherlands with KPN receiving spectrum for HDTV and extra channels.

Following considerable administration support for WiMAX at the ITU Working Party 8F meeting it now appears to be a question of when rather than if WiMAX is accepted as part…

The broadcasting lobby has succeeded in amending a pro-liberalisation report issued by an influential committee of MEPs, heralding a bigger battle in the European Parliament next month.

Applying the principle of technology neutrality to all forthcoming spectrum auctions has already raised fears among UK wireless microphone users – now the Broadband Wireless Access community are becoming alarmed…

The increasing economic importance of licence-free applications is being reflected in policy debates on both sides of the Atlantic.

The coming year will be crucial for satellite operators seeking to safeguard their access to spectrum.

In the first 'proper' working week of the New Year PolicyTracker will be examining the prospects for some of the policy debates which have dominated the past few months. Our…

In ten years time, how far will Europe have got with its spectrum liberalisation agenda? That was PolicyTracker's question for the New Year and although responses were varied any expectation…

Our themes this month are the UK's Digital Dividend Review; UWB in Europe and mobile TV via satellite.

Philip Rutnam, Ofcom’s Partner for the Spectrum Policy Group discusses the key issues raised by the regulators plan for re-using the analogue TV spectrum.

Moving from harmonisation to liberalisation will damage the mobile ecosystem and the interests of consumers claims a report for the UMTS Forum. But not everyone is convinced, as Pamela Whitby…

Ofcom say they have made every effort to protect wireless microphone users in planning for digital switch over but industry fears remain.

Ofcom’s long awaited study on using the frequencies released by analogue TV switch off has ruled out giving special treatment to public service broadcasters wanting to provide terrestrial high definition…

The satellite sector looks set to benefit from the harmonised use of 2GHz for the provision of mobile satellite services but with several projects vying for a limited chunk of…

Nobody said it would be easy but nobody thought it would be this hard! At last, however, the harmonised introduction of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) products in Europe is imminent…