MHz Spectrum

Source: www.telecompaper.com --- 14 days ago
(Telecompaper) Orange Austria has won the auction for a GSM 900 licence held by the Austrian telecommunications regulator TKK. The GSM licence includes 2 x 0.8 MHz packages from the 914 – 915 MHz and 959 – 960 MHz range. Orange Austria was the highest bidder with EUR 501,500, outbidding Barablu Mobil Austria and T-Mobile Austria. The licence is valid until 31 December 2017 and the frequencies are best used to improve indoor coverage. ...

Source: www.rediff.com --- 23 days ago
He said that the telecom ministry is in discussions with finance ministry and GSM operators to work out new charges for additional Spectrum beyond 6.2 MHz. The minister also said his ministry is also talking to finance ministry on the issue of relaxing borrowing norms for aspiring 3G Spectrum bidders. ...

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com --- 23 days ago
Telecom Minister A Raja said new Spectrum charges, which will be a one-time charge for the radio wave beyond 6.2 MHz, would be announced by the end of October. ...

Source: infotech.indiatimes.com --- 12 days ago
Under the current Spectrum allocation policy, GSM operators are entitled to a maximum of 15 MHz and CDMA operators 7.5 MHz in a circle. ...

Source: infotech.indiatimes.com --- 22 days ago
Telecom Minister A Raja today said new Spectrum charges, which will be a one-time charge for the radio wave beyond 6.2 MHz, would be announced by the end of October. ...

Source: blog.wired.com --- 21 days ago
Portfolio.com: Tech Observer by Laura Rich Sam Gustin writes: The Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz wireless Spectrum auction earlier this year was widely considered a success, with one exception. The D block of airwaves, which was allocated for a joint... ...

Source: www.theregister.co.uk --- 9 days ago
Parcel it up and sell it cheap Last month saw the launch of SpecEx, allowing companies to sell on Spectrum licences - but SpecEx backers Spectrum Bridge want to see us all competing for a few MHz in the brave new world of secondary markets.… ...

Source: www.eweek.com --- 43 days ago
Led by Shure, the wireless microphone industry spent the summer protesting the use of white spaces devices designed to deliver unlicensed broadband and other advanced wireless services, claiming the unlicensed use of the Spectrum would cause interference on wireless microphones. Google, Microsoft, Motorola and other tech companies claim Spectrum-sensing technology will eliminate any interference issues in the 700 MHz Spectrum. Turns out, most wireless microphone users are illegally using the Spectrum in the first place. The Federal Communications Commission now wants them gone from the 700 MHz Spectrum. - So much for the wireless microphone industry's complaints about possible interference from white spaces devices: the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) is considering kicking all wireless microphones from the 700 MHz Spectrum. Turns out, many of the wireless microphones are illegally operating ... ...

Source: www.phonescoop.com --- 21 days ago
The FCC will vote today on the rules that will be placed on the unsold D-block Spectrum from this year's 700 MHz Spectrum auction. The D-block was reserved for a public safety network. The FCC has been mulling options ... (follow link to read) ...

Source: www.informationweek.com --- 20 days ago
Ever since the Nextel acquisition, plans to reallocate the 800-MHz Spectrum have been bandied about so it doesn't interfere with bands used by public safety agencies. ...

Source: www.avn.com --- 1 day ago
The Federal Communications Commission has given preliminary approval to the proposal for a free, nation-wide broadband service, operating within the AWS-3 band, which represents the 25 MHz swath of the frequency Spectrum. ...

Source: www.techweb.com --- 43 days ago
The federal agency is proposing to combine the 2155-2175 MHz band with the 2175-2180 MHz band to create a 25-MHz block of Spectrum for a single nationwide license. ...

Source: www.crn.com --- 20 days ago
The FCC tries to woo industry interest in what's left of the 700 MHz D block Spectrum by slashing the cost of the minimum bid in half. ...

Source: weblogs.jupiterresearch.com --- 15 days ago
I did not take the time to comment some of the recent news on the French Telecom market, so here's a wrap up: - Arcep published its recommendation (available here in French) to the French government of how to best allocate Spectrum: 10-15 MHz to be quickly allocated to a... ...

Source: www.moconews.net --- 5 days ago
Devices are capable of accessing the "white spaces" between airwaves without affecting the adjacent licensed networks under certain power-level limits, the FCC concluded in a detailed report released Friday afternoon. Microsoft ( NSDQ: MSFT ), Dell, Motorola ( NYSE: MOT ) and Google ( NSDQ: GOOG ) are just some of the companies that want unlicensed access to the vacant TV channels for high-speed wireless services, but broadcasters and wireless-microphone manufacturers have fought against any such move along with T-Mobile. The unlicensed, so called "white space" Spectrum (or AWS-3 band) was tested for interference with T-Mobile's AWS-1 network in Seattle recently by the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology. T-Mobile's 3G network, which is currently being rolled out across much of the country is in the 2110-2155 MHz band, and therefore sits adjacent to the proposed unlicensed band in the 2155-2175 range. The report tentatively concluded that AWS-3 devices could operate under certain power level restrictions "without a significant risk of harmful interference…The analysis shows that an AWS-1 and AWS-3 device operating in close proximity does not necessarily result in interference. And when factoring in actual operation under non-static conditions, the situation only improves." Such action would "be consistent with past practice and would encourage the parties to work together to adopt whatever further measures may be necessary ...

Source: www.freshnews.in --- 21 days ago
Prospects of allocation of fresh Spectrum from the defence sector for second-generation (2G) services appear bleak, according to a senior government official. "Defence does not have much Spectrum and it is very difficult for it to vacate this in the near future," the official from the telecommunication ministry said Wednesday, requesting anonymity. The 1,800 MHz and 900 [...] ...

Source: www.wirelessweek.com --- 40 days ago
The 2008 700 MHz auctions were known as the last great beachfront property in wireless Spectrum. ...

Source: www.toptechnews.com --- 2 days ago
For the last two years, a California-based communication startup called M2Z has been advocating free national Wi-Fi broadband using the relatively narrow 2155-2175-MHz portion of the electromagnetic Spectrum. The cost of providing free Wi-Fi, M2Z says, could be covered by advertising revenues. A premium, ad-free service would also be available for a subscription fee. The proposal has been vigorously opposed by wireless carriers in general and by T-Mobile in particular. Having just spent $4 billion for Advanced Wireless Services, T-Mobile is concerned that M2Z's proposed network would interfere with AWS and render it worthless. Last week, however, the Federal Communication Commission's Office of Engineering and Technology issued a report concluding that the likelihood of interference between the two systems is low. FCC Chairman Enthusiastic Kevin Martin, chairman of the FCC, is a strong supporter of free wireless broadband access. During a television interview in early August, Martin said the FCC -- and the nation -- has an obligation to reduce or eliminate the "digital divide" by making broadband Internet access freely available to everyone. "There's a social obligation in making sure everybody can participate in the next generation of broadband services," Martin said, "because, increasingly, that's what people want." Under the proposal laid out by the FCC in June, a successful bidder for the Spectrum would be required to provid ...

Source: www.toptechnews.com --- 2 days ago
The Federal Communications Commission has released an engineering report that opens the door for the FCC to apportion a chunk of wireless Spectrum for free Internet services across the nation. "We need to reserve some Spectrum for free broadband services," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said. "This would be a lifeline broadband service that would be designed for lower-income people who may not otherwise have access to the Internet." T-Mobile had warned that the FCC's proposed launch of an advanced wireless service (AWS) in the 2155-MHz to 2180-MHz band would interfere with the 3G wireless services it operates in an adjacent slice of the Spectrum. However, lab tests conducted last month demonstrated that devices operating at FCC-designated power levels would not present "a significant risk of harmful interference," the commission said. Open Devices Several aspects of the FCC's AWS proposal owe their origin to an application submitted two years ago by M2Z Networks, which envisioned earning money primarily by offering a premium wireless Internet service operating at speeds of up to three megabits per second. However, the Arlington, Va.-based startup also proposed to provide a free lower-speed service that would pay for itself by generating advertising revenue. The FCC now says that the ultimate winner of its AWS Spectrum auction must use up to 25 percent of its capacity to provide free, two-way broadband Internet service at data rates o ...

Source: www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com --- 12 days ago
A new company announced its formation this week to represent 28 small businesses that have won licenses in the Advanced Wireless Services and 700 MHz auctions. The company, called NextGen Mobile, said its mission is to help its members work together and pool their resources so they can compete effectively in their local markets. The company's members operate or anticipate operating networks that use GSM technologies, including UMTS and eventually LTE. NextGen Mobile does not appear to have a web site yet, nor has it published a list of its members. However, in a press release, the organization said its formation is the outgrowth of a year-long dialog among some existing mobile operators and companies that won Spectrum in recent auctions. The company said it wants to work on initiatives that would otherwise be duplicated by each company if each pursued their business objectives independently. By pooling their resources to work on RF optimization, billing, customer care, roaming, network operations, and other matters, the members expect to be able to increase efficiencies and reduce their individual costs. One of their top priorities is to aggregate their orders for UMTS handsets and data cards in order to create sales volumes that will help lower product costs for their customers. The chair and CEO of the new company is E. Kelly Bond, vice president of Public Service Communications and general manager of Public Service Cellular, which ...