Regulation

UK regulator Ofcom is to hold an online auction for radio spectrum capable of broadcasting mobile television in the region. The auction will be held in Spring 2008 and is for the 1452-1492MHz band, also known as the ‘L-Band’.

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom yesterday urged the country’s mobile operators to reduce their roaming prices inside the European Union for mobile data services or face legislation forcing them to do so.

Reports this week state that T-Mobile is attempting to get an agreement between Europe’s largest mobile operators to lower the wholesale prices they charge one another for carrying Internet data, thus avoiding an enforced price cut from the European Union.

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom today awarded new radio licences to ten companies, including BT, France Telecom’s Orange and T-Mobile.

France’s telecoms regulator Arcep has authorised the use of ‘spectrum refarming,’ enabling domestic mobile operators Orange France and Societe Francaise de Radiotelephonie (SFR) to roll out 3G mobile technology in the 900MHz band, previously reserved for 2G GSM services.

UK regulator Ofcom has threatened O2 with regulatory action after the operator failed to meet a deadline to provide its 3G network to 80% of the country’s population.

UK regulator Ofcom has confirmed details of its Spring auction for radio spectrum capable of broadcasting mobile television in the region.