Communications regulator Ofcom has confirmed that companies will be able to begin buying and selling radio spectrum from the end of this year. Supporters of spectrum-trading claim that it will ensure ...

A plan to enable the UK to meet the growing demands placed on its wireless infrastructure over the next decade has been published by Ofcom. The Spectrum Management Strategy sets Ofcom’s strategic ...

OFCOM, the authority responsible for regulating broadcast media and telecommunications in the U.K., released a Spectrum Framework Review (SFR) last week that would change the way spectrum is allocated ...

The long wait for LTE in the UK has already brought new levels of cynicism to a once earnest and optimistic nation, but now, finally, Ofcom has set itself a deadline for auctioning off the prized 4G ...

Ofcom has published a consultation document on the spectrum requirements for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The consultation is seeking to identify what applications might need spectrum and whether ...

The annual licence fee paid by mobile operators for spectrum is set to rocket if new plans from Ofcom get the go-ahead. The government told the telecoms regulator to look at the figures back in ...

Ofcom, the United Kingdom's telecommunications regulator, has released a consultation Securing long term benefits from scarce spectrum resources ¨A strategy for UHF bands IV and V. One of the ...

Telecommunications regulator Ofcom has given the go-ahead for internet providers to use unused TV spectrum to deliver broadband to rural areas. The technology works by searching for unused areas of ...

Ofcom has imposed restrictions on the amount of spectrum incumbent mobile operators can scoop up when the communications regulator auctions licences later this year—but Three UK claimed the move ...

LONDON — U.K .communications regulator Ofcom has denied rumors that it will further delay the 2.6 GHz mobile broadband auction so refarmed 900 MHz spectrum can be bundled into the same auction.

Not all radio waves are equal, and the current regulation doesn’t allow for this. In previous bidding wars for new frequencies Ofcom placed a cap of 37% of the available spectrum on any one mobile ...