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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Consultation: Introducing administrative incentive pricing for the maritime and aeronautical sectors
The UK regulator has set out proposals to introduce Administered Incentive Pricing (AIP) to the maritime and aeronautical sectors. AIP would be implemented in some areas from 2009 but would not be applied to the majority of uses until after 2010.
Consultation: RSPG Opinion on 'Streamlining the regulatory environment for the use of spectrum'
The Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) has been asked by the European Commission to identify ways to ensure consistency between the various regulations affecting spectrum and to improve the cooperation between bodies involved in drawing up these regulations. The RSPG is now seeking stakeholder comments on its draft opinion. It identifies areas of overlap between the various bodies and recommends stronger enforcement measures to prevent interference.
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http://www.policytracker.com/alerts.php?tact=786
Monday, July 28, 2008
August 2008 printed issue available for download
Our top story this month is the European Parliament's vote on the review of the Telecoms Directive.
After MEPs vote to give themselves considerably more power over spectrum policy, we examine what their proposals would mean in practice and assess the implications for decision-making in Europe.
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http://www.policytracker.com/alerts.php?tact=785
Friday, July 25, 2008
Will country-wide spectrum analysis revolutionise the wireless industry?
A new study by Ofcom means the UK regulator should shortly have its first picture of exactly how spectrum is being used in most of the country. This has huge implications, according to the system designers.
For the first time Ofcom is hoping to find out in practice if the most important spectrum bands in the UK are actually being used in the way the telecoms regulator thinks they are being used.
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http://www.policytracker.com/alerts.php?tact=784
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
MEPs call for conference on spectrum policy
The European Parliament's review of the Framework Directive says a major EU conference is needed to stimulate convergence in spectrum policies across the member states.
MEP's recent amendments to the review of the Framework Directive reined in proposed Commission powers to harmonise spectrum bands but encouraged EU countries to do this voluntarily.
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http://www.policytracker.com/alerts.php?tact=783
Keenly contested Canadian AWS auction brings in €2.7 billion
What may be Canada's most successful spectrum auction from the point of view of both contribution to government coffers and new market entrants came to an end this week.
Regulator Industry Canada said 282 licenses had been provisionally assigned to 15 companies in the Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) auction in the 2GHz band. The auction of 105MHz of spectrum, 40MHz of which was exclusively for new entrants, generated almost C$4.3 billion (€2.7 billion), or more than four times what the government had expected.
Read the full details at: https://www.policytracker.com/headlines/keenly-contested-canadian-aws-auction-brings-in-20ac2.7-billion
Friday, July 18, 2008
Consultation: Liberalising the Use of the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz Spectrum Bands
The consultation has three parts:
1) ComReg is proposing to lift restrictions on the technology and services that can be provided in the GSM bands (i.e. 900 MHz and 1800 MHz).
2) ComReg is proposing to make 30% more spectrum available in the 900 MHz band to encourage more competition
3) ComReg is setting out three options for the award of new licences when the current licences expire in 2011 and 2015.
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http://www.policytracker.com/alerts.php?tact=781
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Brussels invites tenders for digital dividend study
The European Commission is inviting bids for a research project which will examine progress towards digital switchover in the member states and propose a roadmap for co-ordinating the released frequencies.
The study follows on from the November 2007 Commission Communication which called for freed-up bands to be split into three clusters of similar services to prevent interference. The Communication said broadcasting should go in the lower bands; medium to low power unidirectional services, like mobile TV, should go in a higher sub-band; with two way services like mobile and fixed broadband going in the highest band.
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http://www.policytracker.com/alerts.php?tact=780
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
WiMAX Forum sets sights on FDD service in 700 MHz
Having warmly welcomed the EC decision on generic WAPECs licensing WiMAX companies are now looking to overcome regulatory fears about their technology and win approval for services in the UHF bands.
After winning approval for WiMAX technology as the 6th ITU International Mobile Telecommunication radio interface and a favorable EC decision on 2.6 GHz, the WiMAX Forum is working to smooth the way for favorable regulatory decisions and to expand the interface capabilities in existing and future ITU-R standards.
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Monday, July 14, 2008
Editorial: The people have spoken
For the first time MEPs have demanded control over the specifics of spectrum policy. Whether or not their proposals become law, this seems to mark a new era of increasing political intervention.
This month's vote by the European Parliament's Industry Committee which would allow MEPs to scrutinise the details of spectrum policy seems an example of the law of unintended consequences.
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Friday, July 11, 2008
MEPs vote to give themselves more power over spectrum policy
The European Parliament's Industry Committee has voted to give MEPs the ability to veto the Commission's power to identify bands for harmonisation, secondary trading or service neutrality.
The European Commission will be pleased to see that the aspect of the Committee's draft proposals which concerned them the most – the abolition of the Radio Spectrum Decision – does not appear in the final text agreed in Strasbourg on July 7. However, there are other measures which will give MEPs considerably more power over spectrum policy. Overall the parliament has shown itself to be in the middle of the EU spectrum policy debate: more forward-thinking than the ministers in the European Council but not as radical as the Commission.
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Non-compliant devices could undermine spectrum liberalization
Could the large numbers of cheap devices not complying with the R&TTE Directive weaken the industry trust needed to implement spectrum flexibility? Scott Billquist investigates solutions proposed by policy-makers reviewing the directive.
The 1999 Radio & Telecommunications Terminal Equipment directive has been the bridge between increasingly flexible spectrum regulation and bringing compliant new equipment into the market officials said. The R&TTE is more open and flexible than past practices in allowing self-declaration that a system conforms to requirements. Political discussions on a revision to the directive are expected after publication of a progress report this autumn. Concrete proposals could emerge in mid-2009.
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Friday, July 04, 2008
MEPs ready to compromise on European telecoms review
This Monday (7 July) the European Parliament's industry committee will vote on the hundreds of amendments to the Commission's proposals for the review of the telecoms framework package.
The MEPs are expected to find a compromise on the main elements of the reforms, thanks to pre-negotiation between the political groups. "I think we have now a common view on the essential points," said Catherine Trautmann, a French socialist MEP in a conference organised by the Committee of Regions on 2 July. Ms Trautmann is in charge of the report on network access and authorisation issues.
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Thursday, July 03, 2008
Unlicensed spectrum usage will expand, but we must take a wider view
An EU regulators report says we should be thinking about the whole range of collective uses of spectrum and it proposes four criteria for deciding whether more frequencies need to be made available.
The Radio Spectrum Policy Group's work on collective use of spectrum (CUS) responds to a May 2007 request by the European Commission for an opinion on aspects of a European approach to CUS.
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008
DVB-T2 specification ratified
The specification for second-generation digital terrestrial TV transmission has been published and will shortly be submitted for standardisation. The UK will be relying on DVB-T2 for terrestrial HDTV.
The specification introduces the latest modulation and coding techniques to boost DVB-T capacity by 30 to 50 percent for delivering audio, video and data services to fixed, portable and mobile devices, the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Project said. Broadcasters and regulators have pushed DVB-T2 forward for more efficient spectrum use and for the flexibility of using it as soon as it's ready. "The technology is ready," said Philip Laven, newly elected chairman of the DVB steering board, the body that approved the DVB-T2 spec.
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