Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom) has approved the new National Frequency Allocation Plan (PNAF 2018). The Plan provides for 15 new digital terrestrial networks in DVB-T2 technology, divided as follows: 10 national networks in the UHF band, four local networks in the UHF band and a regional network in the III VHF band, which will broadcast […]
Grupo de Antipirateria of the Policia Nacional in Spain, led by Inspector Marlene Álvarez Vicente, has become the inaugural winner of an award from the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) for a successful initiative to tackle audiovisual piracy. The award, presented at this year’s Europol Intellectual Property Crime conference in Budapest, recognised the Grupo de Antipirateria’s […]
As the path towards 5G begins to gain momentum, the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance has today set out its vision for a 5G future and the opportunities and challenges that will arise from deploying it. On the opening day of CommunicAsia – one of the most established telecommunications events – DSA President Kalpak Gude highlighted the […]
UK broadband regulator Ofcom needs to consider new approaches to spectrum management to realise the full possibilities of 5G across the country, according to Malcolm Corbett, CEO of INCA (Independent Networks Co-operative Association), the co-operative trade association for next generation broadband services in the UK, as a new report revealed Fixed Wireless Access can play […]
A survey of the content viewing behaviour of Hong Kong consumers from CASBAA, the trade association for the video industry and ecosystem in Asia Pacific, reveals that close to one in four consumers (24 per cent) use a TV box which can be used to stream pirated television and video content. These TV boxes, also […]
Hong Kong Customs has conducted an anti-piracy operation and detected a suspected case of illegal re-broadcasting of pay-TV World Cup programmes on an Internet broadcasting platform. During the operation, Customs arrested two men aged 21 and 60 respectively. A batch of computer devices with an estimated market value of about HK$20,000 (€2,190) was seized. Customs […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will “headline” its intentions to make more intensive use of the C-band (3.7-4.2 GHz) spectrum frequencies at its July 12th meeting. FCC chairman Ajit Pai says that past victories do not guarantee success, and “Nowhere is this more evident than in our efforts to promote US leadership in the next […]
France’s telecoms regulator Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes) has ruled on a fibre access dispute between dominant telco Orange and Free, clarifying the terms governing Free’s access to the Orange FTTH networks that it is co-financing. France’s main national operators have chosen to build a new Fibre to the Home […]
Following votes taken by the European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee regarding online copyright rules in Europe, Investment bank Exane/BNPP, in its note to clients June 21st, has offered its observations, saying: “In a way, this new set of laws (if adopted) could be somewhat of a ‘GDPR’ moment for online publishers and platforms. We expect […]
Colin Browne, Chairman of Voice of the Listener and Viewer, a British consumer group which champions public service broadcasting, has warned that the forthcoming World Radiocommunication Conference poses a threat to the future of public service broadcasters should spectrum currently used for terrestrial broadcasting be allocated to services such as mobile, calling on government and […]