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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]
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]
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]
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 Government Scoops 'Internet Villain' Nominations
News And finally, the hapless RadioCommunications Agency is the body responsible for selling off radio spectrum in the UK; both the 3G spectrum which precipitated the collapse of telecoms shares when the successful bidders found themselves in massive...
[January 17, 2002, 16:58]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 Clears Way For Public Wi-Fi Hot Spots
News The move by the recently appointed e-Commerce Minister, Stephen Timms, follows a four-month consultation by the Radiocommunications Agency that ended in mid-February, having received 54 responses. Timms said that regulations would be changed to...
[June 11, 2002, 14:36]
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]
Government Expands Broadband Plans
News The DTI's Radiocommunications Agency is currently assessing how viable these plans are and will submit its conclusions later this week. The spectrum allocations for Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), will make it possible for broadband Internet exceeding...
[October 24, 2000, 7:00]
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]
