As the European Commission’s public consultation on the Lamy Report on the future use of the UHF band (470-790 MHz) closes, the EBU is renewing its call to safeguard the interests of TV viewers in the EU by offering long-term guarantees for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT). The Commission sought to collect views on the report’s […]
France’s telecoms regulator ARCEP has published a summary of the contributions to its consultation on a strategic review of spectrum for superfast mobile, which ran from December 16th 2014 to February 16th 2015. At a time when mobile Internet traffic continues to increase at a tremendous pace, the purpose of the consultation was to examine […]
Although South Africa’s Communications Minister Faith Muthambi had earlier intimated that the nation would switch off its analogue broadcasting system in June, the Department of Communications has issued a New Broadcasting Digital Migration policy which suggests this is not the case. The Department says it welcomes the Cabinet decision regarding the approval of the Broadcasting […]
DOCOMO, a personalised mobile solutions provider for smarter living, has announced that its joint 5G outdoor trial with Ericsson achieved a maximum data transmission speed of over 4.5Gbps using the high-frequency 15GHz spectrum band on February 17th. This is the first phase of trials designed to pave the way for DOCOMO’s deployment of a commercial […]
DISH Network has announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Clayton will retire from his position effective March 31t 2015. Clayton, who is a 42-year veteran of the consumer electronics industry, leaves the post he assumed in June of 2011. DISH Co-founder and Chairman Charles Ergen, who has previously served as DISH’s President and […]
The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) welcomes Ofcom’s decision to implement TV white space regulations, enabling access to the unused parts of radio spectrum in the 470 to 790 MHz frequency band. This follows Industry Canada’s recent release of its TV white space regulations for rural and near-urban Internet access and signifies a real milestone for […]
Ofcom has given the green light for industry to harness the benefits of an ‘white space’ wireless technology, following a series of successful industry trials. Industry is already testing a range of uses for this technology, such as Internet access for ships and boats in the Orkney Islands, wireless video streaming of animals at ZSL […]
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC, together PIAC-CAC) have filed two applications with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (the CRTC), challenging the tied selling of two online streaming services linked to the consumption of other telecommunications or broadcasting services. In one application, PIAC-CAC have challenged whether Rogers […]
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) auction for new spectrum that has been running in the US for the past two months closed on January 29th and broke all records. The FCC’s AWS-3 auction brought in $44.9 billion, as various existing operators scrambled to acquire fresh capacity. Previous estimates hovered around the $10 billion mark, and […]
Senior representatives from broadcasting, network infrastructure, trade unions and professional organisations have called on EU decision-makers to shape an ambitious industrial strategy for Europe’s creative and cultural industries. They suggest that Europe’s unique radio and audiovisual model is a huge asset for the continent’s competitive position in the digital world, cultural diversity and media pluralism, […]