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The European Commission has issued a tender for a study that is expected to assist in defining a possible radio interference regulatory model for the European Community.

Julian McGougan of broadcasting transmission company Arqiva considers the role of the regulator in maximising the digital dividend and questions whether even the most liberal economies can ever leave this…

The Chinese authorities have made some serious allegations about the IEEE in what is being called a last ditch attempt to secure a place on the global stage for WAPI,…

The Chinese authorities have made some serious allegations about the IEEE in what is being called a last ditch attempt to secure a place on the global stage for WAPI,…

The ITU Regional Radiocommunication Conference (RRC-06) which began last week in Geneva has taken the first decision in what is expected to be an intense five week meeting.

As regulators plan broadcasting frequency allocations for the digital age it is becoming clear that in the UK at least there will be substantial pressure to allocate the released frequencies…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has delayed its auction of spectrum licences for Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) until August 9, 2006.

It wasn’t quite the Cannes Film Festival, which also opened this week, but May 15th saw the beginning of the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Regional Radio Conference (RRC-06) in Geneva.

The industry, research and energy (ITRE) Committee of the European Parliament is to hold a hearing on allocating the frequencies released by analogue TV switch off.

The growing interest in using C-band for UMTS or wireless broadband is ringing alarm bells for satellite operators.

PolicyTracker understands that the use of L-band is the main proposal to emerge from a working group asked by the European Commission to find more spectrum for mobile TV.

Slotting in the final piece of the liberalisation jigsaw could be worth nearly £1bn a year says Ofcom, which is proposing technology and service neutral licences.

The May issue of PolicyTracker is now available for download and our theme this month is technology and service neutral licensing.

Despite the growing demand for services using unlicensed spectrum the bands are not congested according to the preliminary findings of a European Commission study.

Europe is outstripping the US in setting the regulatory framework for allowing the in-flight use of mobiles.