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France launches consultation on future of DTT as 700MHz threat looms
France’s Direction générale des médias et des industries culturelles (DGMIC) and media regulator the CSA have jointly launched a consultation on the future of the country’s digital-terrestrial platform...
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African countries agree switchover, allocation of 700MHz to mobile
Sub-Sahara Africa. Sudan, in light green, is also classified as North Africa. Forty-seven sub-Saharan African countries have agreed on frequency coordination for digital switchover in 2015. According...
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EBU sounds alarm on Swedish 700MHz move
The EBU has expressed concern following last week’s decision by the Swedish government to open up the 700MHz spectrum band to non-TV applications. The country’s IT and energy minister Anna-Karin Hatt...
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EBU slams mobile industry spectrum claims
WRC-15 will discuss opening out more spectrum to mobile applications The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has criticised claims made by the mobile telecom industry regarding future bandwidth demands...
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Lamy report on 700MHz offers limited comfort for broadcasters
Pascal Lamy The 700MHz spectrum band currently used for digital-terrestrial broadcasting in Europe should be allocated to wireless broadband use by 2020, give or take a couple of years, while...
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Ofcom to make 700MHz available for mobile
Ed Richards Ofcom has said it will make the 700MHz frequency band that currently forms the bedrock of digital-terrestrial available for mobile broadband applications. The regulator said the switch...
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ITU hails new TV standards
Hamadoun Touré The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has said that it is working on a set of new standards to improve TV viewing, including standards underpinning ultra-HD, building on the...
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France to auction 700MHz next year
TDF’s transmitter in Besançon-Bregille, France France is to auction 700MHz spectrum frequencies currently used for DTT broadcasting in December next year, with the expectation that they will be...
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ARCEP launches review of 700MHz band
Transmission services provider TDF’s Marseille-Pomegues DTT transmitter French telecom regulator ARCEP has launched a strategic review of spectrum requirements for high-speed mobile services related to...
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Germany outlines plans for 700MHz auction
Jochen Homann The German government has announced that it will auction two blocks of spectrum in the 700MHz band, currently used for digital-terrestrial broadcasting, for mobile broadband. The...
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GSMA: EC risks falling behind without “greater flexibility” on 700MHz
The European Commission needs to show “greater flexibility” in making 700MHz spectrum available for mobile broadband and should support the release of UHF spectrum between 2018-230 “and potentially...
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Germany names bidders for 700MHz as EBU sees signs of support from EC
The German Federal Network Agency, the Bundernetzagentur, has revealed that three companies will take part in the bidding for mobile broadband spectrum due to kick off on May 27. Telefónica...
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Broadcasters slam “few traces” of Lamy report in Digital Single Market proposal
Pascal Lamy Broadcaster lobby group Broadcast Network Europe, under the banner of the Wider Spectrum Group, has called on the European Commission to provide greater long-term legal certainty that...
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