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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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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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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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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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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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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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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