Spectrum & Regulation News
Among the most complex and rapidly changing areas of the wireless industry are spectrum policy and regulatory policies. These will shape which services and business models we will use in future, and so everyone in the market needs a clear overview of key developments.
To understand how the mobile world will develop, and which players will succeed, it is vital to know which spectrum will be available in different regions, and which operators will control it. This can be difficult and time consuming to track, but Rethink Wireless provides a day-to-day update on the latest decisions and events.
We follow all the auctions of spectrum for 3G and 4G round the world and help understand which operators will be best placed to compete, and which technologies they will use. We also cover policies for new spectrum bands, the complicated worlds of regulatory policy and lobbying, and the implications of decisions from agencies like the US FCC.
Click for Apple marshals EC authorities against Motorola
The patent hearings of the past few months have largely resulted in a stalemate between Apple and its antagonists, and Apple suffered several defeats around the turn of the year. But now the tide has ...
- Apple broadens attacks on MOT and Samsung
- Google will play nice with MOT patents, it insists
- Apple suffers two legal blows in Germany
- Europe to probe Samsung's use of patents
- Yet more US lawsuits added in Apple-Android war
India encourages more viable 2G cellcos this time
20 February, 2012
Regulator issues draft guidelines for spectrum allocation as it prepares to re-auction 2G licences after recent fiasco
Google-Moto deal approved on both sides of pond
14 February, 2012
US antitrust regulator also green-lights purchase of Nortel patents by group including Microsoft, Apple as patent battle lines firm up
Verizon faces challenge to its cable deals
13 February, 2012
Sprint leads call for the reseller agreements between Verizon and four cablecos to be considered along with spectrum transfers
Microsoft plays nice in IPR, to wrongfoot Google
9 February, 2012
Firm pledges not to pursue injunctions against rivals over standards-essential patents, shifting its stance of last summer
Airlines join opposition to LightSquared project
8 February, 2012
Airlines for America claims the LTE system would have "ruinous effects" on navigation, while start-up calls for new GPS standards
Dish needs more time to build LTE-Advanced network
6 February, 2012
Argues against AT&T's coverage proposals, saying it plans a retail, not wholesale, service, and needs to wait until 2015 for devices
FEATURED STORIES
- Intel integrates radios into Atom with Rosepoint - 20 February, 2012
- Apple marshals EC authorities against Motorola - 20 February, 2012
- AT&T and LightSquared cast about for friends - 17 February, 2012
- FCC's deals likely death blow for LightSquared - 15 February, 2012
