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Ofcom consults on proposals to permit trading of 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz spectrum and to vary 3G licences

2 February 2011 by Rob Bratby

Ofcom today published proposals for consultation to: make 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz public wireless network licences tradable; and vary the terms of existing 2100 …

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UK Government asks Ofcom to assess practicality of blocking copyright infringing web-sites

1 February 2011 by Rob Bratby

Jeremy Hunt, the UK’s Culture Secretary (who also has responsibility for telecoms) today asked Ofcom to review sections of the Digital Economy Act to assess whether it …

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Funding content, funding networks: what matters?

27 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

On 16 February we will be hosting an event for the UK Chapter of the International Institute of Communications. The event’s title is ‘Funding content, …

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Smart meters: intelligently connecting to a lower carbon future

25 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

I am awaiting with interest the response of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and Ofgem to their consultation on implementing smart metering in …

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Cognitive radio: the road to mobile broadband delivery, or the path to anarchic interference?

24 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

For those who are not familiar with the term, cognitive radio (also sometimes described as white-space radio) describes a way of using radio spectrum in which …

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UK telecoms policy moves government department as proposals for new Communications Act announced

23 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

In a week of Westminster resignations, with Andy Coulson accused of condoning mobile voicemail hacking and Ed Balls taking over as Chancellor you may be …

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Mobile broadband event: net neutrality, mobile content, network capacity and handsets

21 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

Regular blog readers will know that I hosted a mobile data event for Cambridge Wireless yesterday. I found the event thought-provoking. For those on twitter, I attempted …

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Broadband for the ‘other three billion’

18 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

Over the festive break I was musing on the broad benefits on getting the populations of developing countries connected.  Amongst the barriers  hindering ‘in-country’ network roll-out …

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BT sets prices for passive access to ducts and poles

17 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

Before Christmas, this blog flagged that last-mile fibre access (also know as next generation access, or NGA) was a commercial and regulatory issue that would be high …

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UK seeks views on principles of economic regulation

11 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

On 7 January the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published a ‘call for evidence’ relating to principles of economic regulation.  As those who …

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