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RSS spectrum in newsMake haste with the analogue-digital switch, urges EC
News The European Commission has called for EU members to speed their switchover to digital television, and therefore in the process free up spectrum, which can then be used for broadband services. The plans to reserve... [30 Oct 2009]
Code, not patents, for Microsoft open source foundation
News The Codeplex Foundation FAQ states: "We wanted a foundation that addresses a full spectrum of software projects, and does so with the licensing and intellectual property needs of commercial software companies in mind. [14 Sep 2009]
Microsoft 'White-Fi' to solve interference worries in white space
News Microsoft researchers may have taken a step closer to finally turning unused analogue TV spectrum, known as "white spaces", into unlicensed spectrum that can be used to deliver new wireless broadband... [20 Aug 2009]
Future BlackBerrys to pack hybrid touchscreens?
News However, resistive screens allow the use of handwriting with the stylus… [and] have the benefit of being more durable in terms of the temperature spectrum they can work in. BlackBerry maker RIM has applied for a patent... [07 Aug 2009]
Optimistic CEOs must not neglect IT security
News Chief executives' definition of security, he added, is typically associated with hackers trying to steal company secrets, rather than a broader spectrum that includes disaster recovery, erroneous data input or... [03 Aug 2009]
Extradition for Nasa hacker rules high court
News McKinnon has also been diagnosed by the autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen with Asperger's syndrome, a disorder on the autistic spectrum. Gary McKinnon has lost his high court bid to avoid extradition to the US for hacking... [31 Jul 2009]
Move over 2G, Europe agrees to give 3G some space
News Europe has approved the use of 3G services over spectrum currently reserved for 2G. The move should let operators use spectrum they already own to run mobile broadband services over greater distances... [29 Jul 2009]
Kangaroo tech jumps into Arqiva's hands
News Arqiva - which owns and operates part of the UK's terrestrial TV infrastructure and is a spectrum licence holder - has now agreed to buy the hardware and software technology developed for the project along with the... [23 Jul 2009]
Teenagers losing interest in illegal file-sharing as streaming starts to flow
News Larry Roberts, one of the inventors of packet-switching and the ARPANet, wrote in this month's IEEE Spectrum that the internet is broken ("I should know: I designed it") because traditional packet-based routing is not... [13 Jul 2009]
Conservatives: 'Ofcom as we know it will cease to exist'
News He acknowledged it was "clear that [Ofcom] has an important technical function", specifically in spectrum licensing and keeping an eye on BT, and in ruling on breaches of the broadcasting code, but said other... [07 Jul 2009]
'Don't let European telecoms law get axed', says Ofcom
News These include the speeding up of number porting between operators, new guidelines on fibre access deployment and the use of radio spectrum, and the creation of a new pan-European regulatory body, called Berec. [26 Jun 2009]
£6 broadband tax to fund fibre for all
News To enable the UK's mobile networks to play a bigger part in building universal broadband, Carter flagged up the report's plans for "a programme of spectrum liberalisation, auction packaging, auction release timetable,... [16 Jun 2009]
Is it 999 for emergency services comms?
News Also speaking at the forum, Jacqui Brookes, CEO of comms trade association the Federation of Communications Services, suggested spectrum allocation should prioritise the emergency services, critical national... [15 Jun 2009]
'Digital Britain snubbing UK businesses'
News The final report, due out this week, will set the government's digital agenda for the coming years, tackling subjects including broadband, spectrum distribution and online content. The government's interim Digital... [15 Jun 2009]
UK mobiles getting just a quarter of pledged speed
News The telecoms regulator Ofcom is keen to free up more spectrum to increase the viability of mobile broadband in such situations. The average mobile-broadband download speed in the UK is 0.9Mbps, a quarter of the rate... [11 Jun 2009]
