Regulation

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.

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom laid out a number of proposals today on how the price mobile operators charge to connect calls to each others networks, or mobile termination rates, should be set, reports Reuters

UK regulator Ofcom has published proposals outlining how it plans to release more radio spectrum for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.