Articles tagged with: Ofcom and Eu

UK Publishes Proposals to Introduce Mobile Roaming for 999 Calls

The UK's telecoms regulator, ofcom says that it is planning to introduce automatic national roaming between the five mobile network operators for calls to the emergency networks. The regulator said that at the moment, mobile calls to emergency numbers can only be connected if the caller's own network is available in the area. This is a particular issue in remote areas and means that in some parts of the UK - particularly in Scotland and Wales - emergency mobile calls cannot be connected from certain mobile networks.  more

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Ofcom Outlines Revised Plans for 900Mhz Spectrum

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Related Tags: 3g, ict, rural, vodafone, o2, mobile-broadband, radio-spectrum, wireless-broadband, UK

UK Regulator Consults on Allowing Mobile Phones on Planes

..ocument (pdf file, 47 pages) can be downloaded from the Ofcom website. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Civil Aviation Authority ( CAA) in the UK are responsible for aircraft safety and for the human dimension of passenger sa more

Related Tags: mms, 1800mhz, aircraft, radio-spectrum, civil-aviation-authority, caa, UK