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Saturday, May 31, 2008
Consultation: Two consultations on using GSM systems on board vessels
ERO is inviting comments on proposals to harmonise the use of pico cells and satellite links to provide GSM900 and GSM1800 services on ships. It is also consulting on compatibility issues with land-based networks.
Consultation: Compatibility studies between Professional Wireless Microphone Systems and other services in L-band
Following a request from ETSI, the European Radiocommunications Office has identified several sub-bands where Professional Wireless Microphone Systems (PWMS) would be compatible with existing uses of L-Band
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Consultation: List of searchable applications
The European Radiocommunications office has drawn up a list of applications to use in the EFIS frequency database to give a better of what each band is being used for.
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Consultation: Spectrum Commons Classes for Licence Exemption
Ofcom proposes to divide licence exempt applications into three classes of low, medium and high interference potential. Only applications with similar characteristics would share spectrum.
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Consultation: UK Defence Spectrum Management 2008-12: An Implementation Plan for Reform
The UK Ministry of defence is seeking comments on extending market principles to its use of spectrum and more general proposals to reform its approach to spectrum management over the next four years.
These plans are the MOD's response to key recommendations in the 2005 Independent Audit of Spectrum Holdings led by Professor Martin Cave.
The MOD is proposing to apply for recognised spectrum access licences (RSA) for parts of the band 406.1 to 430 MHz and possibly 3400 to 3600 MHz to allow spectrum release and sharing from March 2009. RSA allows public bodies to trade spectrum.
The 3100 to 3400 MHz band is not included in the MOD's immediate plans for RSA because this is an essential NATO band and heavily used in the UK. However, the document proposes releasing and sharing a number of other bands before 2012.
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Consultation: Public inquiry into provisional 2.6GHz standard
Interested parties are being invited to submit their comments about the draft technology neutral standard for wireless broadband services in 2.6GHz. These should be sent to national standards bodies who will then send reports to ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Mobile satellite services win backing of European Parliament
A compromise designed to guarantee rural access for EU-wide mobile satellite services in 2GHz has won the overwhelming backing of MEPs.
The vote took place in the wake of intense negotiations over the proposals between the Parliament, EU member states and the European Commission. Under the proposals, applicants in what is known as the "2GHz frequency" will have to offer coverage of at least 60 percent of EU territory from the launch of the project. They must further commit themselves to covering, after seven years at the latest, at least 50 percent of the population and 60 percent of each member state's land area.
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
First SUR auction 'a success’ despite industry fears
Ofcom say they are pleased with the results of the L-Band auction even though major players in the UK market had urged them not to use the new technology-neutral licenses known as SURs.
Spectrum Usage Rights or SURs are the UK take on liberalized licensing. They are tradable and designed to allow operators to use any technology provided it does not cause interference to other users. They work by ensuring that adjacent receivers do not suffer interference, particularly if a neighbour changes the use of their licence.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
95 billion euro boost from reallocating quarter of TV band
Another consultants report argues that mobile access to the digital dividend would bring significant economic benefits. The latest analysis claims the benefit would come mainly from broadband data access using laptops and high-end handsets.
Although this consultants report was by commissioned by Ericsson, Nokia, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone its authors, Spectrum Value Partners, emphasise that it is an independent analysis. Spectrum say they work for both the broadcasting and telecoms sector, so it is in their interest to be objective. The consultants describe it as the "first comprehensive economic analysis of the costs and benefits of allocating different quantities of UHF spectrum for mobile broadband and broadcast use throughout Europe."
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Friday, May 16, 2008
Qualcomm buys the whole of L-Band in the UK
The US-based wireless technology company, Qualcomm, has bought all 17 lots in the UK's 1452-1479.5 MHz auction for a total of £8,334,000 (10.7 million euros). The auction took five days and ended after 32 rounds.
The result is notable in that none of the other companies involved acquired any spectrum at all. The seven losing bidders were Adolphus, Arqiva, ePortal Holding K.S.C., MLL Telecom, The Joint Radio Company,Vectone Network and WorldSpace UK.
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Australian public sector spectrum review recommends more liberalization
Australian government spectrum use could be more transparent and more efficient says an independent review which also recommends increased use of market mechanisms and more sharing.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) commissioned the "Independent Review of Government Spectrum Holdings" report to assist it to find an appropriate balance between government use of the radiofrequency spectrum and its use by the broader business community.
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Friday, May 09, 2008
Swedish auction is Intel's first European spectrum purchase
The sale of 2.6GHz in Sweden has raised considerably more than a similar auction in Norway. Will we now see more spectrum purchases by manufacturers seeking to boost the sales of their products?
Looking at the results of the Norwegian 2.6GHz auction in November 2007 PolicyTracker calculated that if the Swedish spectrum were sold at the same rate, then the total proceeds would be about €56M. In fact the Swedish 2.6GHz auction raised €226.
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
Consensus emerging on telecoms framework review
MEPs and the Council of ministers appear to have rejected the Commission's proposals to set up a pan-European regulator but seem to support a gradual adoption of spectrum flexibility provided broadcasters interests can be protected.
The European Parliament and the EU Council of ministers are keen to see a smooth reform of EU telecommunications rules to be adopted in late 2009 and the co-legislating EU institutions seem to be on the same track when it comes to the main issues of this new "telecoms package" proposed by the European Commission last November.
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Swedish 2.6GHz auction raises 226M euros
After 16 days and 112 rounds of bidding Sweden's second internet spectrum auction has closed, with all the licences sold and several big names among the winners.
These are technology and service neutral licences but are most likely to be used for mobile telephony or wireless broadband. The auction was conducted by the regulator PTS and the winners have to pay PTS an administrative charge of 25,000 Swedish Krona (SEK) per MHz.
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
WiMAX lobby hails adoption of provisional 2.6GHz standard
WiMAX proponents are claiming a victory following a two and a half year struggle to get a 2.6GHz harmonised standard approved by European standards body ETSI.
Today (May 7) sees the launch of a 120-day consultation process, which ETSI is calling a public inquiry. While the inquiry is going on vendors will be able to make equipment for the European market based on the provisional standard which had to be adopted before the consultation could take place.
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
May 2008 printed issue available for download
This month's issue is bigger than usual and includes a special report on public sector spectrum.
As Europe's regulators and a group of consultants commissioned by Brussels try to find ways of improving public sector spectrum efficiency we examine the likelihood of frequency release and look at the progress made in the Netherlands.
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