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UK wireless networks 'flout the law'
News Ofcom has inherited an ongoing project from the Radiocommunications Agency for a chain of unattended monitoring stations (UMSs) and remote monitoring and direction-finding (RMDF) units, to be used for spectrum use monitoring and interference...
[April 7, 2004, 18:05]
Aeroplane broadband is cleared for take-off
News The ITU took its decision to open up the 14GHz to 14.5GHz band to aeronautical mobile satellite services at the World Radiocommunications Conference 2003, which ended this week. The international body responsible for the allocation of radio...
[July 11, 2003, 11:59]
Bill Gates' grip on UK media 'is slipping'
News Third on the list was Lord Currie, the chairman of Ofcom, which will replace five existing regulators including Oftel and the Radiocommunications Agency. Lord Currie will soon be facing tricky issues such as the rollout of broadband, and the...
[July 7, 2003, 13:02]
UK operators miss out in wireless broadband auction
News Results that can be downloaded from the Radiocommunications Agency's Web site show that at round 24 PCCW -- bidding under the name Poundradio -- only made 13 bids. As the UK's latest spectrum auction draws to a close, it is becoming clear that most...
[June 16, 2003, 17:15]
Agenda set for rural broadband push
News Speakers at the event will include representatives from the Radiocommunications Agency -- reflecting ABC's belief that wireless is the key to closing the broadband divide -- the Broadband Stakeholder Group, several telecoms firms, and a selection...
[June 6, 2003, 15:20]
Change of bids for wireless broadband auction
News Pacific Century CyberWorks has revised its application to take part in the forthcoming wireless broadband auction, after concern that the company's initial approach might not have been permitted by the Radiocommunications Agency (RA).
[May 13, 2003, 15:32]
Hong Kong telco eyes up UK wireless broadband
News The Radiocommunications Agency (RA), which will conduct the controversial auction, last month revealed that 26 companies that had applied to take part. A Hong Kong-based telecoms firm could soon win control of the UK's 3.4GHz spectrum.
[May 6, 2003, 11:54]
Wireless broadband threatened by licensing plan?
News Instead, the MoD is insisting on a number of restrictions, including forcing operators to register all their users and pay a fee to the Radiocommunications Agency (RA). Community broadband activists and some in the telecoms industry are concerned...
[March 7, 2003, 9:27]
The Week in Review: Getting unwired
News And what a start, with the information leaking out on the Radiocommunications Agency Web site the day before the DTI is due to announce the details. After the failed 28GHz wireless broadband auctions (yes, we're currently on the third attempt and...
[February 28, 2003, 16:35]
BT spurns wireless broadband auction
News The telco has confirmed that it is much more interested in the 2GHz part of the radiocommunications spectrum, as reported by ZDNet UK earlier this year. The Welsh Assembly is also furious with the way that the Radiocommunications Agency split...
[February 20, 2003, 12:05]
Cable firms snub wireless broadband auction
News The Radiocommunications Agency is due to make 15 regional licences available in May this year, as part of the government's drive to make wireless spectrum available to the telecoms industry. The Radiocommunications Agency has received a reasonable...
[February 13, 2003, 16:18]
Faster Wi-Fi hot spots get green light
News The government has announced plans to deregulate the 5GHz band of the radiocommunications spectrum. Opening up this radio spectrum will encourage telecoms operators to deliver new and innovative public services.
[January 21, 2003, 8:19]
UK poised to legalise faster Wi-Fi hot spots
News It is understood that legislation will be introduced in the House of Commons next week that will open up the 5GHz band of the radiocommunications spectrum to be used to operate wireless local area networks.
[January 17, 2003, 16:45]
Date set for new wireless broadband auction
News The Radiocommunications Agency, which will handle the auction, has not yet revealed whether there will be a reserve price set for the licences. The Radiocommunications Agency held a consultation into 2GHz last year.
[January 10, 2003, 13:09]
Government urged to act on wireless broadband
News The BSG wants the government to address this problem over the next year by identifying parts of the radiocommunications spectrum that could be used for commercially viable wireless broadband services, and making them available to operators.
[November 25, 2002, 15:54]
Plan C for failed broadband auction
News The Radiocommunications Agency announced on Tuesday that it hoped to begin the new award process at the start of 2003. It is proposing that this time the licences -- which use the 28GHz spectrum -- will have less stringent conditions attached to them.
[October 15, 2002, 13:48]
Government moves goalposts in broadband licence debacle
News Problems began in November 2000, when the Radiocommunications Agency conducted an auction of 42 licences that would permit companies to operate high-speed wireless broadband services in various regions of the UK using the 28GHz part of the spectrum.
[September 4, 2002, 14:08]
Laptops threatened with plane ban
News Unlike most other wireless technologies, which are restricted to a small range of the radiocommunications spectrum, UWB uses low-powered pulses that spread over hundreds of megahertz of bandwidth. We'll take all research on board when making any...
[September 2, 2002, 12:21]
Government announces Ofcom head
News He will play a key role in the creation of Ofcom -- a new super-regulator that will oversee the UK's broadcasting, telecommunications and radiocommunications sectors. Currie's grasp of economics will be useful when considering the tricky question...
[July 25, 2002, 12:28]
No 3G spectrum trading before 2006 - government
News In a consultation document called Implementing Spectrum Trading, published on Monday, the government laid out its plans for the trading of the radiocommunications spectrum, as recommended by an independent report earlier this year.
[July 15, 2002, 16:15]
