tv spectrum
Make haste with the analogue-digital switch, urges EC
News For more, see TV spectrum to be used for mobile broadband on ZDNet UK. The European Commission has called for EU members to speed their switchover to digital television, and therefore in the process free... [30 Oct 2009]
Photos: Computer history goes under the hammer
Photo The lot also includes a ZX Spectrum 48K extension. Another classic in the collection is this BBC Micro computer which comes complete with user manual, the game 'Tank Attack' and the Prinztronic tournament mini... [29 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... [20 Aug 2009]
TV White Space Position Paper: Fixed TV White Space Solutions for Wireless ISP Network Operators
White Paper Motorola is developing solutions for the TV White Space spectrum for both Service Providers as well as municipal state and local government entities. This paper specifically focuses on Motorola's fixed... [15 Aug 2009]
Long Term Evolution (LTE)
White Paper With the envisaged throughput and latency targets and emphasis on simplicity, spectrum flexibility, added capacity and lower cost per bit, LTE is destined to provide greatly improved user experience, delivery of new... [15 Aug 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... [23 Jul 2009]
Expanding Wireless Communications With "White Spaces"
White Paper Valuable White Spaces spectrum in the underused broadcast TV channels is freed up by the DTV transition in the U.S. This spectrum can be used to expand the bandwidth available for... [29 May 2009]
Photos: The evolution of the PC
Photo Lin Jones, project manager at The National Museum of Computing, said the British boom in personal computing during the 1980s, which gave rise to the BBC, Spectrum and Amstrad, had inspired a generation of programmers. [07 May 2009]
Mobile future: TV, power and the 'internet of things'
News The winner will be the company that is able to bring all of these nodes and all of these [spectrum] bands together in a single low cost platform that's seamless to the user. Figuring out new business models, solving the... [06 May 2009]
A Comparative Analysis of Spectrum Alternatives for WiMAX Networks With Deployment Scenarios Basedon the U.S 700 MHz Band
White Paper To accommodate the anticipated growth in mobile services and new broadband applications, there is ongoing pressure on regulators to make additional spectrum available for mobile applications. The frequency band between... [22 Apr 2009]
A Review of Spectrum Requirements for Mobile WiMAX Equipment to Support Wireless Personal Broadband Services
White Paper This is in addition to the emergence of new delivery initiatives such as Direct to Customer (D2C) media content, online synchronized games, music and video on demand, and also quad-play, which bundles TV, broadband with... [22 Apr 2009]
Cheat sheet: Digital Britain
Cheat Sheet There are a number of areas that have fallen under Carter's watchful eye: the future of broadband - including whether the UK should put money into fibre and whether broadband should be a universal right; boosting IT skills; investing in... [21 Apr 2009]
Google and friends kick start white space database
News White spaces are unused slivers of spectrum in the 700MHz band that sit between broadcast TV channels. But TV broadcasters and wireless microphone companies have long opposed the use of... [09 Feb 2009]
Europe-wide wireless broadband on the way
News The European parliament has backed a package of telecoms measures designed to simplify the roll out of EU-wide services, such as wireless internet and mobile TV, using the spectrum previously taken up by... [24 Sep 2008]
Fibre era fraught with roadblocks: EC
News It is also keen on co-ordinating the EU's approach to spectrum freed up by the switchover from analogue to digital TV. According to the EC the most important reform proposals still under discussion... [04 Sep 2008]