spectrum refarming Archives

European Commission refers Spain to European Court over ‘telecoms tax’ and tells them to speed up spectrum refarming implementation

16 March 2011 by Rob Bratby

Hola! As yesterday’s readers will know, I am currently in Madrid working from Olswang’s new Spanish office, soI thought it appropriate to give today’s post something of a Spanish slant as Spain has been attracting Neelie Kroes‘ (Europe’s Digital Agenda Commissioner) ire this week. On 14 March she referred Spain (and France) to the European …

Uncertainty for UK spectrum auctions as refarming permitted

7 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

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 those frequencies for 3G services (mobile broadband) as well as 2G services (such as voice and SMS). For more detail see the Olswang update (thanks to Telecommentator). Uncertainty about digital …