spectrum management

Europe's take on the World Radio Conference

March 22, 2012 01:00

The World Radiocommunication Conference finished in Geneva in mid-February, after four laborious weeks of debate among more than 3,000 participants from over 150 countries. Now the job comes of interpreting what was decided at the WRC-12 and how it affects different sectors. Participants...

New U.S. Spectrum Legislation

February 28, 2012 08:57

U.S. Congress Passes Incentive Auction and Public Safety Spectrum Legislation By Alton Burton in Washington, DC On February 17th, Congress passed long-awaited spectrum legislation. The legislation gives the FCC authority to conduct voluntary incentive auctions of underutilized spectrum...

Cognitive Radio Developments

February 22, 2012 14:02

The need to develop means of achieving more efficient spectrum use has led in recent years to a focus on cognitive radio system (CRS) technology. Also called "smart radio," "software defined radio," "dynamic access technology" and doubtless many other terms, one...

European Radio Spectrum Policy

February 16, 2012 13:24

On January 15, the European Parliament accepted on second reading the proposed Radio spectrum policy programme (RSPP), designed to set EU strategy for radio spectrum management up to the year 2015.* It remains for the PSPP to be officially signed, finalized for publication in the EU Official...

U.S. Spectrum Policy Developments

January 23, 2012 09:22

Given the explosion in wireless services, applications, content and devices, spectrum policy has never been more important in the US than it is today. Since September 2010, there have been a number of significant spectrum policy developments that affect wireless operators, content and...