Policytracker September 2006

This month's edition of PolicyTracker highlights how the European Commission is stepping up the pressure on member states to produce comprehensive plans for what promises to be the decade's biggest spectrum release. All national administrations have been asked to submit an inventory of what they are doing to reallocate the analogue TV frequencies as support grows for regional harmonisation of the released bands. Read the full story here.

The other articles in PolicyTracker this month include:

Legal ruling backs mobile call cost-cutting scheme Tribunal dismisses key Ofcom arguments in GSM gateways case

Danish authorities rethink spectrum management A move away from command and control

South African spectrum policy takes cue from Europe Market demand forces reassessment Plans for terrestrial services in fixed satellite bands meet resistance Satellite vs 3G: dispute intensifies Norway moves with the mobile times 2.3 GHz spectrum to be auctioned Radio mic users fear the future Pan-European harmonisation not an option, says Ofcom. Evolution not Revolution Competition is the only way to create spectrum flexibility says Professor Gérard Pogorel