UK updates rules for 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz auctions
Following its initial consultation, Ofcom recently issued its assessment of future mobile competition and revised proposals for the auction of 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz …
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UK first European country to permit use of white space spectrum
On 1 September 2011, Ofcom published a statement outlining its intention to permit the use of white space spectrum in some of the the bands …
European Commission tries to marshal stakeholders for World Radiocommunications Conference 2012
The European Commission published on 6 April a Communication on policy objectives for the International Telecommunications Union World Radiocommunications Conference 2012 (WRC 12). WRC 12 is the next quadrennial …
UK to auction 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum in 2012
Ofcom yesterday started a consultation on the rules for a proposed auction of 250 MHz of spectrum in the 800 MHz (aka ‘digital dividend’) band …
AT&T and T-Mobile USA merger to face regulatory scrutiny
The biggest news this weekend was the announcement of the proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. The deal is conditional on …
Uncertainty for UK spectrum auctions as refarming permitted
Ofcom permits 2G spectrum refarming Ofcom yesterday varied the spectrum licences of the UK’s three 2G spectrum licensees (EverythingEverywhere (JV between Orange and T-Mobile), Vodafone and O2) to permit them to use …
Broadband aid (do they know it’s Christmas)
Re-reading yesterday’s post, I hope it wasn’t too close to a law firm client update – that is not being the point of this blog. …
Key telecoms regulatory issues for 2011 (do too many connectives watch star trek?)
With my first post done, I thought it best to try and provide a little substantive content. Two years ago, I spent some time interviewing …