Category Archives: Spectrum

Is LSA relevant in the developing countries?

Last November, I had the opportunity to attend and be part of the 7th CMI Conference. The conference theme was “Mobile Communications in Developing Countries” and the discussions were quite broad. Quoting the event’s site the conference covered “Issues bordering … Continue reading

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Millimeter or Centimeter waves for 5G?

Attending the Globecom 2014 workshop on “Emerging Technologies for 5G” makes it clear to me that there are quite different views on where to go regarding spectrum. In particular this was evident from the concluding panel in the workshop. On … Continue reading

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IoT conference with sessions on Smart cities and Smart homes but also about spectrum management

EU event on IoT The 5th Annual Internet of Things European Summit: Shaping tomorrow’s European Internet landscape was held 3rd & 4th March 2014 in Brussels. It was organized by Forum Europe which is an independent EU policy debate specialist … Continue reading

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Challenges for smart energy grids – to combine ICT and energy systems and research

Smart energy networks and smart grids is often considered as a merge between ICT and energy networks or ICT supported energy networks. Research in the area is done both by information and communication people that start to look into energy … Continue reading

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ITS 2014 in Brussels: Techno-economic analysis from different perspectives

The 25th European Regional Conference of the International Telecommunication Society (ITS2014) was held 23th and 25th June 2014 in Brussels, Belgium.  The event was hosted by iMinds (Vrije University of Brussels) and SMIT (Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication) and the local hosts … Continue reading

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Broadband-Broadcast Convergence – to be or not to be?

Yesterday, I arrived at the Brussels Midi station in a rainy, grey morning—not a very inspiring start for the day to attend the 2nd workshop organized by European Commission on Broadcast-Broadband Convergence. In the 5-hour workshop, the consulting company Plum hired by … Continue reading

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“Professional” WiFi on the move

Stephen Rayment, Head of Technology for Wi-Fi Products at Ericsson, (former CTO of Belair Networks) gave an interesting exposé at the Johannesberg Summit of what is going on in the “professional” (“carrier”) WiFi scene and what developments to expect. Have … Continue reading

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Spectrum for 5G – where is the watershed for national licensing?

An interesting panel debate on “what’s next” in Spectrum was held at the Johannesberg Summit. The was a rather striking discrepancy between the long and short term views. On hand we had the cellular industry debating strategies to get more … Continue reading

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5G and other key trends in Wireless and Mobile ICT – live webcast

Free, live webcast from the 2014 Johannesberg Summit live May 12-13, 2014! The Johannesberg Summit is THE meeting place for research leaders in Wireless and Mobile ICT. The summit is an annual forum to discuss trends and the long-term future. Interesting talks from industry … Continue reading

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Workshop for Broadcast-Broadband convergence and its impact on spectrum and network use”

Last Thursday I attended a workshop organized by European Commission at Brussels. This workshop is for PLUM consulting to present their initial findings on First stakeholder workshop for the study “Challenges and opportunities of broadcast-broadband convergence and its impact on … Continue reading

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