North America Regulation October 22, 2010 FCC warns on spectrum crunch US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) yesterday issued a report that details “the looming spectrum crunch” set to impact the country’s mobile broadband market. By Mobile World Live
North America Regulation October 14, 2010 FCC moves on bill shock report US regulator the Federal Communications Commission said that it had received 764 complaints of 'bill shock' during the first half of 2010 By Mobile World Live
Operators Regulation Vodafone October 12, 2010 O2, Vodafone lose out in UK spectrum refarming appeal O2 UK lost out in a ruling by the country’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) about whether it has the automatic right to re-use its 900MHz 2G spectrum to provide 3G services. By Mobile World Live
Europe Regulation September 30, 2010 EU tells France and Spain to drop telecoms tax The European Commission has told France and Spain to drop a tax levied on telecoms service providers which is used to subsidise public service television broadcasters. By Mobile World Live
Europe Regulation September 20, 2010 EU outlines mobile broadband spectrum proposals The European Commission has proposed that EU countries should complete the licence issue process for mobile broadband spectrum by 2012, as part of a five-year plan intended to manage and harmonise the use of EU radio allocations. By Mobile World Live
Regulation September 15, 2010 Ofcom to test mobile broadband speeds UK regulator Ofcom is to field-test the mobile broadband performance of five major operators. By Mobile World Live
Regulation August 24, 2010 Ofcom confident Olympic spectrum policy will not disrupt LTE rollout UK regulator Ofcom has said that its decision to temporarily give away 2.6GHz frequencies to broadcasters during the 2012 Olympic Games in London will not affect the country’s rollout of mobile broadband services. By Mobile World Live