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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Newsflash: Italian TV band allocations ruled unlawful
The European court of justice has ruled that Italy has breached community law by giving a TV company a broadcasting licence but failing to give it a frequency allocation.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Interest mounts in new director of ITU radio bureau
There is speculation about who might take over when Valery Timofeev steps down in two years time.
The director of the ITU's Radiocommunication Bureau (BR) is the only one of five elected posts in ITU that will be up for election in 2010 because of term limitations.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
February 2008 printed issue available for download
Our top story this month is an analysis of the auctions taking place in key mobile and wireless broadband frequencies this year.
Also in this issue we look at national reactions to the WAPECS generic licensing proposals; discussions about harmonised bands for cognitive and software-defined radio at WRC-11; and progress towards sharing military spectrum.
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Consultation: Withdrawal of ERC/DEC/(01)04, ERC/DEC/(01)09, ERC/DEC/(01)13, ERC/DEC/(01)15 and ERC/DEC/(01)18
ERO is inviting views on the withdrawal of four ERC Decisions regulating the harmonisation and unlicensed status of short range devices. These have become obsolete following the adoption of harmonised standards by ETSI and the inclusion of these Decisions in annexes to ERC Recommendation 70-03.
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Countries adopting different timetables for WAPECS
The WAPECs generic licensing framework should pass its final hurdle in a few weeks but adoption across the member states looks likely to be gradual and patchy. Further work is also needed to apply the concept beyond 3.4GHz and 2.6GHz.
With the process of getting WAPECS (Wireless Access Platforms for Electronic Communication Services) formally approved at EC level moving quickly ahead, member states are adopting different approaches to generic licensing.
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Digital dividend goes on sale in the US
The long-awaited 700MHz auction in the US, often hyped up as the "100-year auction" kicks off today (January 24) amid intense speculation and not a little controversy.
The UHF spectrum in the 698MHz to 806MHz range has been divided into five blocks, A to E, with 1,099 regional licences up for grabs with a total minimum reserve price of US$10bn. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved 214 applicants to bid, each having made the required upfront payment by the January 4 deadline.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
German spectrum auctions plans mired in dispute
Regulator BNetzA has proposed auctioning spectrum in the 1.8GHz, 2GHz and 2.6GHz bands for digital cellular mobile communications. But criticism of its regulatory approach has sparked lawsuits that appear to be slowing progress.
BNetzA's 26 September 2007 draft decision on definitions and rules calls for frequencies to be awarded without restriction on the use of specific technologies. The decision "neither privileges the incumbent 2G and 3G licensees nor privileges potential newcomers," a spokesman said.
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