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UK completes 700 MHz clearance

UK Digital Infrastructure Minister Matt Warman has confirmed the milestone completion of the four-year, £350 million major infrastructure programme to clear the 700 MHz spectrum band, allowing new data capacity to be released for mobile operators. The 700MHz spectrum band had mainly been used for digital terrestrial TV broadcast as well as professional radio microphones […]

September 3, 2020By Colin Mann

Arqiva launches DAB spectrum planning service

Arqiva, the communications infrastructure and media services company, has launched a new small-scale DAB spectrum planning service in response to Ofcom’s plans to award new small-scale DAB licences. The service will support potential small-scale DAB licensees in their applications for a licence. As part of the consultation package, Arqiva can provide desktop analysis and develop […]

September 1, 2020

Arqiva supports Freeview Play metadata migration

UK communications infrastructure and media services company Arqiva has created a cloud-based metadata management system for Digital UK, the organisation that leads the development of the UK’s biggest TV platform, Freeview. This system supports the migration of the Freeview Play service information platform to a highly-scalable public cloud infrastructure. The solution aggregates, manages and delivers […]

July 27, 2020

Arqiva to lay off a third of staff

Arqiva, the UK broadcast transmission and cellular mast operator, is reportedly planning to lay off about a third of its employees according to a report in the Daily Telegraph. The report says the company, which is in the end-stages of selling its cellular mast division, is planning a radical restructuring that would see more than […]

July 13, 2020By Chris Forrester