Wednesday, February 11, 2009

UWB adds China to its global footprint

China’s Ministry of Information Industry Technology has approved the use of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology in the country with immediate effect. 
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Flexible spectrum licensing: comparing the UK and Australia

There is no “best” approach for liberalising spectrum licensing, argue three experts with detailed knowledge of both countries. The optimal solution will vary from country to country and depends on factors like population size.
by Andrew Kerans, Gabriel Phillips and William Webb
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Monday, February 09, 2009

UK mobile operators told to sort out GSM refarming by April or face imposed solution

Spectrum liberalisation is at the heart of the UK government’s new plan to boost the digital economy. It takes a get tough approach over 900MHz refarming and says the UK digital dividend should be harmonised with the rest of Europe. 
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Friday, February 06, 2009

Qualcomm furious as US Digital switchover postponed until June

It’s now official: the US switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting is to be delayed from February 17 to June 12 following the second vote in a week in the House of Representatives.
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Thursday, February 05, 2009

Fulfilling IMT-Advanced potential requires cooperation with regulators

The next generation of wireless technologies would ideally like something that regulators would never grant: 100MHz of downlink spectrum. Study groups see bandwidth aggregation as a possible solution but variation in regulatory approaches could make this difficult to implement. 
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Russia backs speedy addition of TDD and FDD duplex methods to IMT

The administration of the Russian Federation has proposed updating the International Mobile Telecommunications suite of radio interface technologies to quickly include new duplex methods, according to Yury Trofimov of Russia's Radio Research and Development Institute.
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Monday, February 02, 2009

February 2009 printed issue available for download

The monthly edition of PolicyTracker is now available for download at the following link:
Our top story this month is the Whitespace coalition launching a European campaign to get access to the unused portions of the broadcasting spectrum.
Also in this issue:
Flexible spectrum licensing: UK v Australia
Experts say no "best" way to liberalise spectrum licensing
Fulfilling IMT-Advanced potential requires cooperation with regulators
Bandwidth aggregation possible solution to spectrum shortage
Russia backs speedy addition of TDD and FDD duplex methods to IMT
Moscow sets out position in filing to February ITU meeting
High prices for LTE in Hong Kong but WiMAX unsold
Hong Kong 2.6 GHz auction closed with "victory for the LTE camp".
Digital dividend Harmonisation gathers momentum
Europe starts allocating 790-862 to non-broadcast services
French digital dividend frequency release gets official approval
France confirms 790-862 MHz will be allocated to mobile broadband
World's biggest mobile market rejects technology neutrality
China issues 3G licences for specific technologies
India: state telcos push ahead with 3G as auction delays continue
Deployment by commercial operators is held back
New wireless technology promises fibre speeds for up to one kilometre
MM wave photonics deliver speeds of 10Gb/s at 60GHz
UK defence ministry plans spectrum release
UK military's spectrum strategy "offers great promise"
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