Regulation

TeleGeography reports that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has submitted a TD-LTE-Advanced specification to the ITU as a candidate for IMT-Advanced '4G' technology.

French telecoms regulator Arcep may announce its decision on the winner of the country's fourth and final 3G licence before Christmas, should no more candidates emerge for the concession, notes TeleGeography.

UK regulator Ofcom yesterday announced proposals to make the frequency band 790MHz to 862MHz - freed up by the move to digital television - available for mobile broadband services, a strategy that mirrors developments in other European countries.

TeleGeography notes that French telecoms regulatory authority Arcep has advised the government it will start the process of awarding the country's fourth and final 3G license in June this year.

New Zealand's Commerce Commission has called for mobile operators to lower their termination rates, reports Telecompaper.

Arcep, the French telecoms regulator, has published its findings of a recent review into 3G network infrastructure sharing in France, and called for the country's three mobile operators to reach agreement on the matter by year-end.

The European Commission yesterday called for a huge cut in mobile termination rates, a move that saw Vodafone's stock experience its sharpest fall in six months.