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EC may ease spectrum trading
News European cellphone service providers may soon have an easier time selling or trading spectrum, a fact that promises to upset the continent's mature cellphone market and open it up to foreign prospecting.
[July 16, 2004, 8:50]
Ofcom sounds a trumpet for spectrum trading
News Supporters of spectrum-trading claim that it will ensure that radio spectrum is used more efficiently, because there's only so much to go around and it makes sense to enable a market to distribute it more effectively.
[August 6, 2004, 13:10]
No 3G spectrum trading before 2006 - government
News The government is proposing that trading of 3G spectrum should not be allowed until at least the end of 2005, despite the financial difficulties facing some 3G licence-holders. In a consultation document called Implementing Spectrum Trading...
[July 15, 2002, 16:15]
Government advised to allow radio spectrum trading
News Spectrum trading would mean that companies could sit back and wait," Professor Cave suggested. The 3G auction, which took place in the latter stages of the dot-com boom, raised £22.5bn, so the Treasury may not be as keen as the private sector on...
[March 6, 2002, 17:33]
Don't split up BT, says government advisor
News Let the editors know what you think in the Mailroom.s2106101,00.html"> advised the government to begin trading in wireless spectrum in a report commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry. In March, Professor Cave advised the government...
[December 2, 2002, 17:03]
Yahoo! Finance Powers Services With MySQL
White Papers Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com), a popular web site that provides the full spectrum of financial services and information. Finance's high-traffic area of news headlines, which is aggregated from over 100 sources worldwide, as well as its stock...
[June 25, 2004, 0:00]
Ofcom hints at 4G auction strategy
News Ofcom has committed itself to releasing spectrum into the market via a competitive auction, but with no obligations on which way the spectrum would be used," he elaborated, before suggesting that spectrum trading, a policy authorised by Ofcom in...
[August 11, 2006, 11:50]
Canterbury trials WiMax ahead of summer launch
News Ofcom's plans to liberalise licences in its framework review would allow operators to bring WiMax services on stream more quickly, he said: "Spectrum trading will be very important," he said. The frequencies covered by the university trial are...
[May 23, 2005, 14:55]
MPs warn of 3G mobile price sting
News A recent government-commissioned report advised that spectrum trading should be permitted. The public accounts committee recommended that 3G operators should share networks wherever possible, and also be permitted to trade 3G spectrum.
[April 26, 2002, 11:57]
EC repeats call for telco super-regulator
News Three spectrum-related moves proposed by Reding included strengthening the principles of technology and service neutrality when allocating spectrum, introducing spectrum trading in certain bands, and making it easier for developers of new...
[November 20, 2006, 12:25]
Government faces grilling over rural broadband
News In response, the government said last week that it recognised the need to give operators access to spectrum such as 3.4GHz and 5.8GHz, and added that it was "actively considering including fixed wireless access in the first wave of spectrum...
[March 25, 2003, 12:09]
Interim Digital Britain report: First impressions
Blog The Government believes that an industry-agreed set of [2G] radio spectrum trades could represent a better and quicker solution than an imposed realignment. A "Wireless Radio Spectrum Modernisation Programme".
[January 29, 2009, 12:03]
BT holding back DSL say rivals
News According to one source close to the Spectrum Management Forum -- set up by Oftel to discuss issues surrounding unbundling and DSL -- BT is deliberately blocking one type of DSL. A storm is brewing within the Spectrum Management Forum according to...
[April 19, 2000, 7:05]
Ofcom reveals its New Year's resolutions
News It also wants to promote the trading of spectrum licences to allow operators to make the best use of the spectrum available. Providing more spectrum for wireless gadgets and increasing competition in the converging fixed line, broadband and TV...
[December 13, 2006, 8:58]
BERR launches digital-economy review
News Among the priorities in each of these areas will be developing the broadband network, identifying barriers to wider investment in digital radio, encouraging a market in the trading and use of the spectrum, and evaluating the impact of digitisation...
[October 21, 2008, 17:46]
Microsoft CFO Greg Maffei quits
News Greg's contributions have been outstanding across the spectrum of numerous deal negotiations, in achieving excellence in the treasury management area, and in guiding an outstanding internal and external management reporting team," said COO Bob...
[December 23, 1999, 10:15]
AMD to purchase ATI for $5.4bn
News And with an expanded breadth of AMD products, Dell may be interested in signing on with a wider spectrum of purchase orders, he added. AMD's shares were down 4.8 percent to $17.37 a share in midday trading.
[July 24, 2006, 13:20]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Unfortunately, his preferences lie towards the raunchy end of the spectrum -- and he gets all the best lines. One song in particular is dedicated to the latter: it brings together Amazon.com, eBay, online financial trading, even online birthday cards.
[December 10, 2004, 16:40]
Commodore 64 brand gets new guardian angel
News The Commodore 64, which according to the Guinness Book of Records is still the best selling computer ever, was launched in the early eighties alongside classic home computer systems such as the BBC Micro model B and the Sinclair Spectrum.
[July 15, 2003, 10:37]
Bill Gates' grip on UK media 'is slipping'
News Lord Currie will soon be facing tricky issues such as the rollout of broadband, and the management of spectrum. Hemming is the chief executive of Sharman Networks which owns controversial peer-to-peer file-trading service Kazaa, and the ongoing war...
[July 7, 2003, 13:02]
