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Government plans new broadband wireless auction
News The Radiocommunications Agency announced on Monday that it is proposing to hold an auction of licences in the 3.4GHz spectrum. Under the Radiocommunications Agency's plan, 15 licences will be made available.
[April 29, 2002, 14:06]
Requests swamp mobile mast safety test registration
News Hundreds of schools and hospitals have asked the Radiocommunications Agency (RA) to test whether mobile phone masts located on their premises are breaking safety guidelines. The agency has invited schools and hospitals to register their interest in...
[July 26, 2002, 6:27]
UK government scoops 'Internet Villain' nominations
News The Home Office, Oftel and the RadioCommunications Agency have all been nominated for the award, which will be presented at the ISPCon show at Olympia Exhibition Centre in February. And finally, the hapless RadioCommunications Agency is the body...
[January 17, 2002, 16:58]
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]
Government moves goalposts in broadband licence debacle
News In the fourth licence area, Your Communications has also almost reached the target, according to the Radiocommunications Agency. Problems began in November 2000, when the Radiocommunications Agency conducted an auction of 42 licences that would...
[September 4, 2002, 14:08]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Oh no you don’t, says the Radiocommunications Agency, our guardians in matters Hertzian. In the spirit of choleric motorists who fume that the police should be out nabbing burglars instead of harassing innocent speeding lunatics -- oops, sorry...
[August 1, 2003, 18:10]
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]
Intel introduces fast Wi-Fi to Europe
News A deal with the UK's Radiocommunications Agency in March sidestepped ETSI approval, although the agreement carries certain limitations.a operates at up to 54 megabits per second (mbps) and uses unlicensed spectrum in the 5GHz range, while the...
[May 28, 2002, 17:06]
Friday
Blog In a rare moment of unforced sanity, the Radiocommunications Agency -- the bods who fearlessly guard the UK airwaves on behalf of us all -- have decided that it's legal to connect those tiddly little PMR446 walkie-talkies to the Internet.
[April 4, 2003, 12:24]
Intel deal clears fast Wi-Fi for UK sale
News Intel's agreement with the UK regulator, the Radiocommunications Agency, sidesteps this problem by limiting users to undisputed parts of the 5GHz spectrum. An agreement between Intel and the UK's spectrum authority should see faster wireless LAN...
[March 11, 2002, 15:14]
UK poised to legalise faster Wi-Fi hot spots
News The Radiocommunications Agency recently conducted a consultation into the regulation of certain spectrum bands, and concluded that the existing restrictions on 5GHz should be altered to "exempt low power WLANS for both public and private use.
[January 17, 2003, 16:45]
BT spurns wireless broadband auction
News The Welsh Assembly is also furious with the way that the Radiocommunications Agency split Britain into seven regional and seven metropolitan licences plus one for Northern Ireland, as this distribution bundled parts of Wales in with areas of England.
[February 20, 2003, 12:05]
Laptops threatened with plane ban
News We'll take all research on board when making any decision, and we may conduct our own research if necessary," the Civil Aviation Authority spokeswoman explained, adding that it will also be talking to the Radiocommunications Agency about the issue.
[September 2, 2002, 12:21]
Orange backs down over mobile phone mast
News The Radiocommunications Authority, an agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, is currently auditing the emissions from base stations on schools. In possibly the first case of its kind, Orange has agreed to remove an existing mobile phone mast
[May 10, 2001, 16:48]
3G masts 'safer than 2G'
News Horton said because the 3G towers use smart technology to encode information on the radio signal and the fact that each tower covers a smaller area than other radiocommunications networks, the 3G towers need lower antenna power than other...
[December 23, 2003, 9:20]
3.4GHz auction: All systems go
News The government is expected to announce full details on Friday, but the Radiocommunications Agency (RA) published the information memorandum on its Web site on Thursday. A Regional Development Agency would be able to take part in the auction, as...
[February 27, 2003, 16:45]
Fast WLANs to get outing at fashion show
News The UK Radiocommunications Agency is able to issue temporary licences for 802.11a WLANs, as long as they are only operating for a limited time, cover a defined area and do not support a commercial service," said David Bradshaw, Intel's EMEA...
[December 18, 2001, 16:18]
HiperLAN collapse opens European door to 802.11a
News This could go through by the second quarter of 2002, and UK regulator the Radiocommunications Agency would follow suit quickly. The Netherlands' radio agency is keen to allow 802.11a but will not license it for use near Schiphol airport," said an...
[December 18, 2001, 15:34]
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]
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. The UK government is planning to hold a third auction of broadband fixed wireless licences, despite its second auction process...
[October 15, 2002, 13:48]
