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Spectrum liberalisation has certainly helped invigorate the country’s telecoms market but it has created problems like spectrum hoarding and left the broadcasting market vulnerable to new political pressures.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is due to sound a warning over the potential for providers of unlicensed WiMAX networks to effectively monopolise broadband access in certain areas.

Utility companies fear that the introduction of trading in the mobile bands could squeeze out those emergency services where a guaranteed connection is essential.

Austria, which now holds the EU presidency, is to press ahead with the spectrum reform agenda pursued by the UK.

Some progress but interference remains a concern

Billions of euros have been invested and all the biggest players are involved so 2.5-2.69 GHz is the biggest test yet for Europe’s liberalizers - a touchstone for technology neutrality.

The theoretical concepts behind WAPECS are being exposed to real life problems

2005 has seen Europe’s first agreement on a draft standard for UWB

The European satellite industry is seeking the same regulatory freedom as its US counterpart

Allocating the digital dividend is becoming a battleground rather than a distant dream as RRC 06 approaches and the market begins to see the possibilities offered by pan-European mobile services.

Ofcom has made releasing and liberalising spectrum one of its nine priorities for 2006 outlined in its Annual Plan. The first public meeting to discuss the Annual Plan is being…

PolicyTracker predicts the year will be dominated by RRC-06; the decision on technology neutrality in 2.5 GHz and the review of the Communciations Framework Directive.

A commitment to some form of liberalisation has moved from aberration to orthodoxy among Europe’s regulators

The Federal Network Agency is offering licences in the 3400 to 3600 MHz band on a technology neutral basis, a move it is hailing as a “further step in achieving…

Those sceptical about the practicalities of getting the military to give up frequencies for commercial use may take heart from the scale of the financial incentives proposed in Professor Martin…