Ofcom says its ‘preliminary view’ is that it will licence Kuiper, Amazon’s satellite constellation, to deliver broadband connectivity and mobile telephony to UK residents. ‘This document sets out our initial assessment of Kuiper’s application for an NGSO network licence for its Kuiper system using Ka band frequencies between 27.5-27.8185 GHz, 28.4545-28.8265 GHz, and 29.5-30 GHz. Kuiper plans to provide satellite ...
Ofcom is proposing rule changes around its regulation of satellite constellations operating in non-geostationary orbits (NGSO), such as those of Amazon, SpaceX, Telesat and the UK government-owned OneWeb. It has announced a consultation period ahead of new proposals for its licensing of the NGSO systems. In order to ensure the quality of such satellite broadband services, it is proposing new ...
Ofcom is to allocate 10MHz of VHF spectrum in the 55-68MHz, 70.5-71.5MHz and 80.5-81.5MHz bands for the IoT. Currently, licence exempt devices including M2M can access spectrum in the 870-876MHz and 915-921MHz bands. Ofcom says that the low data rates of IoT applications don’t require more spectrum. Business radio licences will continue to be available until the new dedicated IoT/M2M ...
The UK government is squeezing more money out of the mobile operators. Regulator Ofcom has announced a significant increased in licence fees for the 900-1800MHzz radio spectrum. Ofcom has today published revised annual fees for mobile operators, determining the amount of money they must pay to use certain parts of mobile spectrum. It is the result of a five year ...
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is calling for an “urgent” reform of the 999 emergency call service in the UK. The change is needed, said the IET, because of users increasingly moving away from landline phones to smartphones and to devices they enable like wearables, and from voice to data. The IET is also calling on the government ...
White space technologies could potentially be launched in the UK towards the end of 2013, says Ed Richards, Ofcom chief executive
The regulator said the situation is worsening with the gap between the data rates we get and the advertised ‘up to’ speeds actually widening in the last few months
Ofcom has said filters may be necessary to remove threat of interference between planned mobile phone services in the 800MHz band and digital TV delivered through a roof top aerial. Ofcom plans to auction 800MHz spectrum, which is adjacent to the frequencies used for digital terrestrial television broadcasting, for 4G mobile services next year. The telecoms regulator has set out ...
4G LTE mobile phone technology will be far more spectrum efficient than today’s 3G networks, said industry watchdog Ofcom. “Research reveals that the next generation of mobile technology will deliver more than 200% of the capacity of existing 3G technologies, using the same amount of spectrum,” said Ofcom. The comms regulator said that the increased capacity this brings will be ...
Ofcom proposes to impose real cuts of up to 9% on the wholesale price of a range of BT Openreach’s products. A consultation published on Thursday proposed the following cuts outlined in the table below. These products cover areas where Ofcom has found that Openreach has significant market power and therefore must accept price regulation. This consultation covers wholesale charges for ...
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