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什么是开放式频谱？ Что такое «открытый спектр»? ¿Qué es "Espectro Abierto"? Qu'est ce qu'un Spectre Ouvert? Che cosa è "Spettro Aperto"? O que é "Espectro Aberto"?

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"...I found [your web site] very informative and a useful resource tool to assist with the policy change we are trying to make in Jamaica..." ---email from Michele Thomas, Director, Policy and Strategic Planning, Spectrum Management Authority, Jamaica

"The rapid adoption of Wi-Fi has pushed prices down and allowed entrepreneurs in developing economies to use off-the-shelf equipment to quickly roll out wireless networks. These new wireless networks usually operate in license-exempt spectrum bands. Policy makers can help spur innovation in these wireless networks by making certain frequency bands license-exempt..." ---Regulatory Reform as a Tool for Bridging the Digital Divide, OECD, 2004

 

NEWS LINKS

4 July 2018

• "Digital India: Public Wi-Fi to contribute $20bn to India's GDP, connect 40mn new users by 2019," by Sami Khan, International Business Times

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29 June 2018

• "Free E-Book: Software Defined Radio for Engineers," by Al Williams, Hack-a-Day

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28 June 2018

• "Artificial Intelligence Radio - transceiver now released for crowdfunding," RTL-SDR.com

• Malaysia: "The Consumers Association of Penang has called for the immediate withdrawal of the 700MHz spectrum awards to mobile phone operators," Bernama News Agency

• "Get ready for upcoming 6G wireless, too," by Patrick Nelson, Network World

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27 June 2018

• "Distributed Antenna System (DAS) market worth 13.74 billion USD by 2023," Markets and Markets (via PR Newswire)

• "The global Wi-Fi module market size is expected to reach $52.5 billion by 2024," ReportBuyer

• "Overloaded spectrum: Holding onto good Wi-Fi performance," by Bethan Grylls, New Electronics

• "Facebook's quest for fleet of solar-powered Internet drones grounded forever," by Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica

• "AT&T more than doubles 'admin fee' for every wireless customer," by Nick Statt, The Verge

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26 June 2018

• "Tesla Model 3 owners will have to start paying for Internet access and live traffic visuals," by James Hetherington, Newsweek

• "The next generation of Wi-Fi security will save you from yourself," by Brian Barrett, Wired

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25 June 2018

• "Wi-Fi Alliance introduces WPA3 and Wi-Fi Easy Connect," by Kyle Wiggers, Venture Beat

• "Chile, Peru to end roaming charges," TeleGeography

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24 June 2018

• "Long live radio - on other devices," by Doc Searls (blog)

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23 June 2018

• "Delhi government forms committee for Wi-Fi project," Economic Times of India

• "Thermostats, locks and lights: digital tools of domestic abuse," by Nellie Bowles, New York Times

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22 June 2018

• "Google Chrome on Android can now cache news articles on Wi-Fi for offline reading," by Shannon Liao, The Verge

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20 June 2018

• World Wi-Fi Day, Wireless Broadband Alliance

• "Generating a WiFi radio heatmap with a helical antenna, antenna rotator and a HackRF," RTL-SDR.com

• "With this new system, robots can 'read' your mind," by Maria Temming, Science News

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19 June 2018

• "After 70 years, a working Dick Tracy two-way watch radio is finally available," by Luke Dormehl, Digital Trends

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14 June 2018

• "Mobile industry works together to deliver complete 5G system standard on time," 3GPP press release

• India: Despite regulatory approval, cellular industry claims license exempt Wi-Fi is illegal, Financial Express

• "NATO takes issue with Norway's DAB+ spectrum allocation," by Doug Irwin, Radio Magazine

• "Indoor positioning using a wireless network," news in English from Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania)

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13 June 2018

• "China to make RFID chips mandatory in cars so the Government can track citizens on the road," by A. J. Dellinger, Gizmodo

• "Trump White House, OSTP, others, agree sharing will be key in future spectrum policy," by Monica Alleven, Fierce Wireless

• "The NSA knew about cellphone surveillance around the White House 6 years ago," by Marc Ambinder, The Week

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12 June 2018

• "US regulators mull national spectrum strategy that emphasizes sharing," by Caleb Henry, Space News

• "FCC's Rosenworcel slams spread of fictional stories of cities impeding 5G," by Phillip Dampier, Stop the Cap!

• "NTT and Tokyo Tech to develop ultra-high speed wireless transmission in the 300GHz band," TeleGeography

• "Nokia successfully completes 5G New Radio data call with 4G and 5G dual connectivity in China," Nokia press release

• "5 maps and apps to help You find free Wi-Fi anywhere," by Mihir Patkar

• "NATO can tune out Norway's DAB radio," Norwegian News in English

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11 June 2018

• MIT researchers develop transmitter that frequency hops each individual bit of data to thwart eavesdroppers, press release, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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8 June 2018

• World's first spectrum monitoring operation by nano-satellites monitors frequencies from sources on the ground, Aerospace Technology

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7 June 2018

• "California mayor continues pause on small cell deployment after Verizon "ran roughshod" over neighborhoods," by Kevin McCallum, The Press Democrat (via GovTech.com)

• "Exclusive - US Justice Department probes T-Mobile-Sprint merger effect on smaller wireless companies: sources," by Sheila Dang, Reuters News Agency

• "AirTies reveals Wi-Fi ubiquity - the average home now has more than 7 Wi-Fi connected devices," Rapid TV News

• "Google Station public Wi-Fi hits 400 Indian train stations, attracts 8 million users a month," by Paul Sawers, Venture Beat

• "Republic Wireless partners with iPass to offer global Wi-Fi to customers," Total Telecom

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3 June 2018

• "Privacy considerations for C-ITS and the connected vehicle," presentation by Michael Kiometzis, Germany's Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, 9th ETSI ITS Workshop, Berlin

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1 June 2018

• Petition filed challenging FCC's recent decision to permit small cell deployments without assessment of impact on public health or property values, by Edward B. Myers

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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..." ---Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2004-5: Licensing in an Era of Convergence, International Telecommunication Union, December 2004

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.