End in sight for spectrum refarming debate
Blog The purpose of the negotiations is to sort out the spectrum refarming issue, which is highly complicated and very, very silly - for the details, I'll direct you to the last time I wrote about it. Oh to be a fly on the wall.
[February 11, 2009, 10:06]
Analyst: Reuse 2G spectrum for 3G in rural areas
News In a report entitled Prospects for UMTS900: status review and outlook and released on Thursday, Analysys Mason said allowing the practice, known as spectrum refarming, would make it economically feasible to roll out such services to currently...
[May 14, 2009, 17:58]
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]
Why is T-Mobile trying to stall 2.6GHz auction?
Blog The challenge is essentially over the issue of refarming old 900MHz GSM spectrum for 3G services. T-Mobile only has 1800MHz spectrum, and it is now trying to delay the 2.6GHz auction (spectrum that can also be used as a 3G expansion band) until the...
[May 22, 2008, 14:30]
EC calls for 3G over 2G spectrum
News Those operators have pointed out that lower frequencies allow the signal to be transmitted over greater distances and have suggested that, because 3G infrastructure has been deployed mainly in urban areas where the maximum return on investment can...
[July 26, 2007, 13:26]
Ofcom: 2.6GHz auction process to start in March
News The argument over 2G liberalisation or spectrum refarming has been running for at least two years. In 2007, the European Union threw its weight behind the idea of 'refarming' 900MHz spectrum so it could also be used for 3G services; the advantage...
[January 19, 2009, 15:42]
Ofcom proposes long-range 3G
News Ofcom's desire to allow the so-called "refarming" of 900MHz spectrum brings it in line with the European Commission, which in July threw its weight behind the idea by announcing it would repeal the GSM Directive of 1987, the agreement that...
[September 20, 2007, 14:37]
WiMax spectrum auction set for 2008
News In the next month or two, Ofcom will issue a consultation on the issue of "refarming" 2G spectrum. Some operators have called for the rules to be changed so they can use their existing GSM spectrum to carry 3G services, and suggestions have even...
[May 23, 2007, 16:50]
Mobile operators defensive over 3G auctions
News Vodafone wants Ofcom to clarify whether this so-called 'refarming' of spectrum will be possible before it embarks on the auction process. William Webb, the regulator's chief technologist, said refarming might be unfair and cause competitive...
[December 14, 2006, 12:40]
Europe to allow 3G services over 2G spectrum
News On Monday, the European Commission announced that the practice — known in the industry as 'spectrum refarming' — had been approved by the Council of Ministers. In May, the analyst group Analysys Mason said refarming 2G spectrum for 3G use would...
[July 28, 2009, 15:33]
Mobile can fill in UK broadband gaps, says 3
News A key issue for mobile networks seeking to invest in new infrastructure is that of 'refarming' 2G spectrum, which is of a lower frequency than current 3G spectrum, for 3G services. Mobile broadband can fill the gaps in the government's proposed...
[July 10, 2009, 16:32]
EU lawmakers vote to introduce net neutrality
News In addition, spectrum refarming — where 3G services can be used in what is currently 2G radio spectrum — is also to be allowed, so as to allow a faster rollout of high-speed mobile internet services. The European Parliament has voted through a...
[May 6, 2009, 17:10]
Mobile development: global, competitive & useful… but how?
Blog There’s the whole question of spectrum refarming to consider too (the process which allows the 2G spectrum to be used for 3G) in terms of allowing global roll out of mobile services to be done competitively.
[February 4, 2008, 14:13]
Lord Carter on playing politics with Digital Britain
News There were reports of the business secretary, Peter Mandelson, bashing operators' heads together in order to reach a resolution over the delayed auction and the refarming issue, but we have heard little since.
[October 7, 2009, 13:07]
Gov't urged to consider 'spectrum for speed' swap
News T-Mobile's regulatory chief, Robyn Durie, told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that the mobile operator maintained its opposition to the auction taking place before another spectrum issue — that of 2G refarming — was resolved, but said it did not expect Ofcom...
[January 20, 2009, 13:29]
Interim Digital Britain report: First impressions
Blog In other words, let's get this refarming issue sorted out pronto. So, we finally have our hands on Lord Carter's interim report, which has been billed as the biggest shakeup for the UK's knowledge economy since the formation of Ofcom (which Carter...
[January 29, 2009, 12:03]
