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Ofcom: Digital dividend up for grabs to highest bidder
News Not all of that 128MHz comes from the digital switchover itself - 8MHz will come from clearing aeronautical radar from "channel 36", and 8MHz "will be cleared as a result of the decision by the authorities responsible for UK's radio astronomy to... [09 Jun 2008]
Qualcomm snaps up spectrum for £8m
News Other future awards include spectrum at 2.6GHz and the spectrum that will be released through the switchover to digital television - known as the digital dividend. US technology giant Qualcomm has bought part of the UK radio spectrum for £8m. [16 May 2008]
Ofcom primes WiMax spectrum auction
News The release of the digital dividend spectrum in 2012 is part of this programme. Ofcom has released details of the largest spectrum auction to date, which will make available a swathe of spectrum suitable for mobile broadband and advanced wireless... [07 Apr 2008]
Kerching! Ofcom flogs more spectrum
News Operators may be keeping their powder dry for the upcoming auction of much-coveted digital dividend spectrum. Spectrum in this band will be freed up by the switch over to digital TV and will support transmissions that are able to penetrate... [22 Feb 2008]
Ofcom plots digital dividend free-for-all
News Operators will be given flexibility in what they do with the spectrum and by allowing them to decide what services to offer and giving them the freedom to change their use of it over time as technologies and marketplace needs evolve, Ofcom said... [14 Dec 2007]
Mobile TV and WiMax spectrum up for grabs
News The release of the L-Band is part of a wider programme to unleash around 400MHz of spectrum at frequencies below 3GHz - which includes the digital dividend, whereby spectrum will be freed-up by the switch to digital TV. [10 Dec 2007]
Cheaper 3G in the frame as Ofcom consults
News Low-frequency, long-range spectrum will also be freed up in the next few years through the so-called "digital dividend" - the result of analogue TV and radio signals being switched off. Ofcom has announced a consultation that could result in a... [20 Sep 2007]
EC wants TV spectrum for WiMax
News Noting that plans were already underway across Europe to open up the 2.6GHz band for mobile broadband usage, which could be WiMax or a variation of 3G, she again called the so-called digital dividend - the freeing up of spectrum brought about by... [14 Jun 2007]
Old TV spectrum creating world of wireless
News The so-called 'digital dividend' - as the UK regulator puts it - will be the largest release of spectrum for some time and will be in the form of the much sought-after UHF band. Possible uses for the digital dividend could include additional... [19 Dec 2006]
Ofcom plots spectrum auction
News The switch to digital television has released spectrum (digital dividend), for which the regulator will soon publish plans. The spectrum set for sale is likely to be used for a range of advanced wireless and mobile broadband services such as WiMax... [11 Dec 2006]
Businesses not politicians must pick standards, says Brussels
News We have to make fundamental change and we have to make it now to get the benefit of the digital dividend [of the end of analogue TV]," she told delegates. Reding said the spectrum freed up by the switch to digital TV will be a "once in a generation... [04 Dec 2006]
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