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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]
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]
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]
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]
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. As ZDNet UK reported earlier this year, the RA is conducting an audit...
[July 26, 2002, 6:27]
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]
Faster Wi-Fi hot spots get green light
News The government has announced plans to deregulate the 5GHz band of the radiocommunications spectrum. Legislation to make 5GHz licence-exempt will be introduced in parliament on Tuesday, and will come into force three weeks later.
[January 21, 2003, 8:19]
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]
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 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. The government announced on Thursday that Lord David Currie will be the first...
[July 25, 2002, 12:28]
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]
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]
Ofcom warns on tighter Internet regulation
News As the new super-regulator, Ofcom oversees the UK's broadcasting and telecommunications sectors, and rolls up several agencies, including the Oftel, the Radiocommunications Authority, the Independent Television Commission, the Broadcasting...
[February 20, 2004, 7:40]
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]
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]
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]
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]
