All EU countries will be required to provide detailed information on spectrum licences and the technical requirements for using frequency bands following a Commission Decision published this week. Brussels says this will stimulate investment in the wireless sector by providing a common European portal for information currently held in a variety of formats by national regulators.
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'You can't buck the market.' That is an expression which in the UK has become firmly associated in people's minds with former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Her attachment to free-market economics had a major impact on the country in the 1980s. Fast forward to 2007, and it is beginning to seem like the phrase has been adopted as the motto of UK telecoms regulator Ofcom.
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Hong Kong has been reviewing spectrum policy over the past year, commissioning a consultants report to explore the implications of liberalisation which was published in October last year.
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At the start of 2007, over 5000 WCDMA (850 MHz) base stations had been authorised under Australian spectrum licensing during the previous 3 months using an online process. Justin Milne the Group Managing Director of Telstra BigPond said on 20 March 2007 "Just a few months ago we launched our Next G™ wireless network (WCDMA 850MHz), which is the biggest and fastest mobile 3G network in the world, providing high-speed wireless broadband access to 98% of Australia's population. Because this network is not regulated we've been able to build it in record time and we can sell it at a price determined by the market to recoup our investment over time."
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We also consider the response to the UK's ground breaking proposals for unlicensed usage; steps towards spectrum liberalisation in Hong Kong and international progress on using mobiles on aircraft.
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