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23 January 2012

"Tariq Al Awadhi of the United Arab Emirates was nominated chairman of WRC-12 by the ITU sec.-gen.," by Scott Billquist, World Radiocommunication Report

"Startup Makes 'Wireless Router for the Brain'," by Courtney Humphries, MIT Technology Review

"Hotels are upgrading WiFi infrastructure to meet iPad, iPhone users' needs," by Esme Vos, MuniWireless

"60GHz multi-gigabit wireless circuit technology and a new network lifestyle," Panasonic press release (via The Street)

"Canada needs to reinvent CRTC, outgoing head says," by Gordon Pitts, Globe and Mail (via CTV)

22 January 2012

"Onboard Wi-Fi to generate $1.5 billion for airlines by 2015," by Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times

21 January 2012

Apple working to incorporate IEEE 802.11ac Gigabit WiFi in AirPort base stations, Apple TV, notebooks and "potentially its mobile devices" in 2012, by Daniel Eran Dilger, Apple Insider

"Using wireless in [heart failure] cases," by Caroline Bloch, Federal TeleMedicine News

20 January 2012

US: "Spectrum policy in the Age of Broadband: Issues for Congress," by Linda K. Moore, Congressional Research Service

18 January 2012

"Introducing TI's SimpleLink product family: The industry's broadest portfolio of easy-to-use wireless connectivity solutions," Texas Instruments press release

"China pilots wildfire detection sensor network," by Clarice Africa, FutureGov Asia-Pacific

10 January 2012

"T-rays technology could help develop Star Trek-style hand-held medical scanners," Imperial College London press release

4 January 2012

Taiwan: "Taipei city government to expand Wi-Fi network of free access to Internet," by Chloe Yu and Adam Hwang, DigiTimes

3 January 2012

RFID: "Wireless devices disrupt family's heating system," by Julian Milnes, H&V News

2 January 2011

Malaysia: restaurants, cafes and clubs in Kuala Lumpur required to offer their customers Wi-Fi by April 2012, by Halim Said, New Straits Times

29 December 2011

"Bristol's community-built wireless network," by Jonathan Roberts, TechRadar

28 December 2011

"Vending machine in Japan dispenses drinks and WiFi," by Tyler Lee, UberGizmo

27 December 2011

Thailand: ICT ministry to deploy 40,000 free Wi-Fi hotspots around Bangkok by the end of 2012, Bangkok Post

23 December 2011

Only 4% of air passengers use GoGo's inflight Wi-Fi service, largest in the US, by Dan Frommer, SPLATF.com

22 December 2011

"FCC green lights first white space broadband device," by Matthew Lasar, Ars Technica

21 December 2011

"Wi-Fi boom at fast food restaurants in Wales," by Martin Williams, Daily Post (UK)

"US bus riders surge as free Wi-Fi beats driving," by Jeff Plungis, Bloomberg News

15 December 2011

"Big Brother is watching you shop," by Ashley Lutz and Matt Townsend, BusinessWeek

6 December 2011

"How the 'Internet of Things' is turning cities into living organisms," by Christopher Mims, Fast Company (via Scientific American)

10 November 2011

"Broadcom pushes WiFi to connect Internet of things," by Katie Fehrenbacher, GigaOm

9 November 2011

"Cars to come equipped with embedded wireless," Communications Technology

"WiFi and network connectivity increasingly key on new TV sets," by Richard Carlton, HDTV Test

"Booming market for WiFi hotspots," by Peter Dinham, IT Wire

7 November 2011

"FCC's McDowell opposes setting aside more TV spectrum for unlicensed use," by Gautham Nagesh, The Hill

4 November 2011

"In-flight WiFi coming to 300 United and Continental aircraft beginning in mid-2012, entire fleet covered by 2015," by Donald Melanson, Engadget

"AT&T pushes 'connected' clothing for healthcare," by Ken Terry, InformationWeek

3 November 2011

"More unlicensed mobile spectrum needed, group says," by Grant Gross, IDG News Service (via Network World)

"UCSD Study: Not enough bandwidth for an 'Internet of Things'," by Scott M. Fulton, III, ReadWriteEnterprise

"New Northern Ireland UK investment to plug rural broadband woes with WiFi," by Mark Jackson, ISP Review

1 November 2011

"Amtrak announces it is adding free wireless internet on about a dozen of its East Coast routes," Associated Press (via the Washington Post)

"Free Wi-Fi released in London today," by Judith Lewis, Beyond

28 October 2011

"Ambitious European project traces food from farm to fork." by Claire Swedberg, RFID Journal

23 October 2011

"The case for unlicensed spectrum," by Paul R. Milgrom, Jonathan Levin and Assaf Eilat

18 October 2011

"Bluetooth secure simple pairing using NFC," NFC Forum Application Document

14 September 2011

"Office of Engineering and Technology announces the opening of public testing for Spectrum Bridge's TV band database system," US Federal Communications Commission press release

13 September 2011

India: "Telecom Ministry proposes new body to manage spectrum," by Thomas K. Thomas, Hindu Business Line

1 September 2011

"White space devices and implementation of geolocation databases," UK Office of Communication

"Ofcom pushes UK to be first in white-space radio," by Rupert Goodwins, ZDNet UK

"Super Wi-Fi or white spaces, what's up with unlicensed broadband?" by Stacey Higginbotham, GigaOm

"IDC's worldwide quarterly WLAN tracker shows exceptionally strong WLAN market with second quarter revenues reaching $1.5 billion," IDC press release

Canada: Shaw ditches cellular plans for "managed Wi-Fi," Shaw press release

"Samsung Galaxy Wi-Fi 3.6 is a smartphone without the phone," by Kate Solomon, Tech Radar

"Toshiba to launch FlashAir, the world's first SDHC memory card with embedded wireless LAN communications," Toshiba press release

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What is Open Spectrum?

"Open Spectrum" is based on the realization that technology can reduce or even eliminate the need for governments to micro-manage wireless communication. In different contexts it can be viewed as

  • an ideal of freedom in the use of radio frequencies;
  • a critique of traditional spectrum management;
  • a possibility arising from new trends in radio design.

In fact it is all of these... [more]

"...more and more policy-makers are questioning the utility of licensing and demanding that licences be adapted to achieve policy goals without hindering market development and technological advancement... The allocation of spectrum for licence-exempt use is increasingly viewed as a catalyst for the development of more efficient and cost effective wireless technologies. By late 2004, 55 countries had allocated spectrum for unlicensed use..." ---Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2004-5: Licensing in an Era of Convergence, International Telecommunication Union, December 2004

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Radio Rights

In February 2005, Open Spectrum UK filed comments in an Ofcom consultation, offering a human rights argument against radio licensing. This raised eyebrows as licensing is not often seen in that perspective. More eyebrows were raised when an Irish group, Scagaire, used a similar argument in their comments to ComReg during another consultation a few weeks later.

So we asked Article 19, the highly regarded NGO based in London which monitors legal threats to freedom of expression around the world, if they had an opinion on radio licensing and communication rights. In response they released a 4-page analysis entitled "The legitimacy of licence requirements for the use of wireless communications devices." We urge you to read it.

NOTES

"Can spectrum licensing breach human rights law?" by Pamela Whitby and Martin Sims, PolicyTracker.com, 18 August 2005.

"Open Spectrum UK's comments for Ofcom's 'Spectrum Framework Review' consultation," 15 February 2005.

"Irish Policy Group Pushes for Unlicensed Spectrum," by Nancy Gohring, Wi-Fi Net News Europe, 7 March 2005.

"Statement on the Right to Communicate," by Article 19 for the World Summit on the Information Society (Document WSIS/PC-2/CONTR/95-E), February 2003.

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