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Fresh Calls For 3G Over 2G Spectrum
News The report showed that allowing 3G to be used over the 900MHz GSM spectrum band — a process known in the industry as "refarming" the spectrum — would let an additional 300 million people in Asia, Europe and Africa have access to the more advanced...
[June 25, 2007, 14:16]
No 3G Spectrum Trading Before 2006 - Government
News As ZDNet UK reported, Cave believes that the government can achieve more efficient and innovative use of the radio spectrum if a market-led approach is introduced. The government is proposing that trading of 3G spectrum should not be allowed until...
[July 15, 2002, 16:15]
Ofcom Proposes Long-range 3G
News We can't see it, touch it or hear it, but radio spectrum is central to our lives and we are using mobile devices more than ever before," said Ofcom's chief executive, Ed Richards, on Thursday. Low-frequency, long-range spectrum will also be freed...
[September 20, 2007, 14:37]
Government Advised To Allow Radio Spectrum Trading
News The government has been advised to bring in radical changes in the way it manages the radio spectrum. Professor Martin Cave, who was commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Treasury to review radio spectrum management...
[March 6, 2002, 17:33]
Ofcom Sounds A Trumpet For Spectrum Trading
News Communications regulator Ofcom has confirmed that companies will be able to begin buying and selling radio spectrum from the end of this year. Supporters of spectrum-trading claim that it will ensure that radio spectrum is used more efficiently...
[August 6, 2004, 13:10]
WiMax Joins 3G Family
News Pringle said that operators would want future wireless technology to be compatible and would therefore want to reuse their existing investment in infrastructure and radio spectrum. He also noted that the "long-term evolution" (LTE) of 3G should...
[October 19, 2007, 17:57]
O2 Takes The Mobile Network Indoors
News The second option uses GSM spectrum to supply 3G services. Because GSM spectrum is at a lower frequency than 3G spectrum, calls are more able to pass through walls into an office. But the challenge is how do we free up 2G spectrum in the UK to use...
[November 16, 2006, 11:50]
Ofcom May Allow 3G Over 2G
News There have traditionally been tight controls over which services can be uses in which parts of the radio spectrum. And on Tuesday, Vodafone's chief executive Arun Sarin said in an investor webcast that his company was also lobbying in some markets...
[November 14, 2006, 12:30]
AT&T Turns To Wi-Fi
News Other technologies using the spectrum include cordless phones, ham radio and baby monitors. Carriers are attracted to Wi-Fi because the spectrum it occupies is unregulated by the Federal Communications Commission.
[January 29, 2003, 9:35]
WAP Forum CEO: Eye2Eye - Part 2
News WAP is where it is today because in any radio environment, the radio spectrum is finite. And like any radio resource, you must manage this spectrum to get the most out of it. As the wireless world siphons more and more users away from wired...
[May 31, 2000, 11:55]
T-Mobile And Orange To Pilot Mobile TV
News The trial will take place in West London and will utilise the TDtv mobile broadcast standard, which makes use of unused 3G spectrum. TDtv uses part of the licensed 3G spectrum which is unused at the moment and is a technology that can scale to...
[February 12, 2008, 17:26]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog It works very well, and wireless regulators are consciously trying to find ways to make the radio spectrum more like the Internet — as the regulators themselves admit, they're not the world's most accurate predictors of the future, so the best...
[July 21, 2006, 19:15]
EC Calls For 3G Over 2G Spectrum
News 3G services may soon be allowed on the radio spectrum currently being used for 2G communications, after the European Commission officially backed the scheme on Wednesday. Radio spectrum is a crucial economic resource which must be properly managed...
[July 26, 2007, 13:26]
Nokia Links Two Networks With One Modem
News They'll be saying, 'Yes, we have these faster networks,' but they recognise that there are many places like convention centres where people are going to want even faster speeds.b transmits its signals in an unregulated and crowded spectrum shared...
[March 18, 2002, 11:22]
More 3G Auctions Planned
News Ofcom said on Monday that it will auction a large chunk of radio spectrum that would allow network operators to build 3G and WiMax networks. The upcoming radio spectrum is likely to be available for a fraction of that price.
[December 11, 2006, 16:36]
Mobile Operators Defensive Over 3G Auctions
News Ofcom said this week it would auction its largest-ever portion of radio spectrum, which the regulator believes is most likely to be used for 3G or mobile WiMax. Mobile operators have reacted defensively to the prospect of spectrum auctions which...
[December 14, 2006, 12:40]
Negroponte: "3G Will Not See The Light Of Day"
News As if the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, didn't have enough to worry about this week, up pops Professor Nicholas Negroponte, Director of MIT's media lab to say that the auction of the 3G radio spectrum in the Spring was crazy, that 3G would not be...
[September 14, 2000, 7:35]
Orange Takes Stance In Mobile TV Standards War
News Based on the 3G Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Standard (MBMS), TDtv is in competition with DVB-T and DAB-based standards for the nascent mobile TV market, but unlike them it uses radio spectrum that is already licensed by the majority of...
[February 16, 2006, 11:25]
O2 Seeks 2G Solution To Rural 3G
News However, the regulations governing the radio spectrum dictate that the 900MHz band must be used for GSM services only. O2 is seeking permission to run 3G services in spectrum dedicated to 2G, Dave Williams, the operator's chief technical officer...
[February 13, 2006, 11:35]
Global 3G Data Roaming Comes Closer
News This vision inched closer to reality on Wednesday with the news that hardware vendor IP Wireless had begun shipping "dual band" PC Card modems that would use radio spectrum that has been awarded to 3G operators in Europe, Australasia and the Far...
[May 12, 2004, 18:15]
