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What's New Archive - April/June 1999

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30th June 1999
* New section Spectrum Management Advisory Group (SMAG) has been added to Committees and Conferences
* The following have been added to  Press Releases
Taxi Drivers Fined for Illegal CB use (Removed as out of date)
Radiocommunications Agency Prosecute Wolverhampton Family (Removed as out of date)
29th June 1999
* The following have been added to  Press Releases
Hulme Pirate Radio Broadcaster Convicted (Removed as out of date)
Peckham Man Convicted for Pirate Broadcasting (Removed as out of date)
28th June 1999
* Notification of the UK ETSI Members Conference - Preparation for GA33 - 22-23 July – ETSI HQ Sophia Antipolis added to ETSI Members Conferences
25th June 1999
* Press Release "Illegal Halifax CB User Convicted" added to Press Releases (Removed as out of date)
24th June 1999
* Press Release "Mobile Phones – The Next Generation" added to Press Releases
* "Preliminary Information Memorandum for 3rd Generation Auction" added to the documents section of Spectrum Auctions
* New revisions of the following information sheets have been added to Library
RA 169 Receive Only - Scanners, etc.
RA 238 The Agency's Standards of Service
18th June 1999
* The following have been added to  Press Releases
More Power to Your Licence
Petition from CB Community Results in Swindon Conviction (Removed as out of date)
* RA 354 The Radiocommunications Agency - its Role in Managing the UK Radio Spectrum added to Library
* New section added to library - Convergence - including links to the DTI's green paper.
17th June 1999
* Press Release "Illegal Preston CB User Convicted" added to Press Releases (Removed as out of date)
RA 207 Type Approval for Radio Equipment (Withdrawn) added to Library
15th June 1999
* The following have been added to Radio Spectrum.
Consultation document Spectrum for Asset Tracking Mobile Data Networks using Spread Spectrum Techniques 
Paper by Laurence Green given at the IDEE Telecom Conference June 11 1999: Spectrum Valuation and Pricing "The UK Approach to Spectrum Pricing and Auctions".
11th June 1999
* A new press release "Sheffield Man Prosecuted for Unlicensed Broadcasting"  added to Press Releases (Removed as out of date)
* Edition No 8 of PBR News has now been issued. (Issue 8 withdrawn - current issue only available.)
10th June 1999
* The following TAN sheets have been added to the Test House Notice - Index
TAN 004 06/99
TAN 005 06/99
* Two new press releases "Spectrum Pricing Proposes Fairer Fees" and "Illegal Blackburn CB User Convicted"(Removed as out of date) added to Press Releases
8th June 1999
* Research report "FS - FSS Sharing in the 37.5-42.5 GHz band" added to the Extramural Research and Development pages of Research
Revised RTTE Directive - Update (Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment) added to Type Approval and Electromagnetic Compatibility section of Library
2nd June 1999
* An Addendum to Fee Regulation Information has been added to Licence Changes in the Library
26th May 1999
* Press Release "Trading Airwaves: Industry Support for Government Proposals to Introduce Radio Spectrum Trading" added to Press Releases
* Press Release "Radio Spectrum for Asset Tracking Mobile Data Networks" added to Press Releases
* Revised editions of RA 145 Ship Radio Licence Application Form and Guidance Notes have been added to Library
* A summary of the responses to the consultative document on spectrum trading May 1999
24th May 1999
* The following have been added to Licence Changes in the Library:
The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1999 Gazzette (Removed as out of date)
The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1999: Summary of Proposals
* The following have been added to Radio Spectum:
Regulatory Impact Assessment - Proposals for Spectrum Pricing: Implementing the Second Stage May 1999
Summary of Responses to Consultation Document "Spectrum Pricing : Implementing the Second Stage" Issued in September 1998
21st May 1999
* The Links section now provides direct access to the website of our joint venture company - Radio Spectrum International Consulting Limited (RSI). RSI is able to offer spectrum management systems and consultancy services internationally, drawing on the expertise and experience of the partnership orgainisations including RA.
* Minutes of UACG Meeting 14 May 1999 have been added UACG section of Spectrum Auctions
19th May 1999
* UK-London: Strategic Planning/Management Consultancy Services - Restricted Procedure (Deadline for receipt of applications: 16 June 1999) added to Procurement
18th May 1999
* "Preliminary Investigation into a Methodology for Assessing the Direct RF Susceptibility of Digital Hardware" (research report available in .pdf) added to the Extramural Research and Development pages of Research
13th May 1999
* UACG(99)13 & 14 added to the UACG section of Spectrum Auctions
12th May 1999
* UACG(99)12, 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19 added to the UACG section of Spectrum Auctions
11th May 1999
* The following information sheets and forms have been added to  Library
RA 193 Cordless Telephones
RA 347 Private Business Radio Suppliers Licence Application Form
RA 347gn Private Business Radio Suppliers Licence Information Sheet and Application Form (Guidance Notes)
RA 262 Public Networks - Direct Debit Payment forms
* Two  Press Releases added today
PMR 446 Service Introduced in the United Kingdom
Audit of Mobile Radio bands in London
10th May 1999
* Agenda for UACG meeting on Friday 14 May and UACG(99)11 added to the UACG section of Spectrum Auctions
7th May 1999
* Introduction to the Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations 1999 and Regulatory Impact Assessment: Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations 1999 added to Licence changes in Library
* Contract Notice: UK-London: Management Consultancy Services - Restricted Procedure - 27 April 1999 (Removed as out of date) added to Procurement
* Out and About has been updated.
6th May 1999
* Press Release "Mobile Phones - The Next Generation: Competition the key to the future" added to Spectrum Auctions and Press Releases
4th May 1999
* Radiocommunications Agency is moving back to Docklands, click here for more details
30th April 1999
* RA130 Band III Base Station Application now on site and in the Library index
29th April 1999
* "European Commission Green Paper on Radio Spectrum Policy: Comments by United Kingdom Government: Executive Summary" added to Radio Spectrum
* "Practical Implementation of Radiated Emission Reduction and Frequency Stabilisation of ISM Equipment Operating in the 27 MHz Band" added to the Extramural Research and Development pages of Research
* "Bristol Cabbie Fined for the Unlicensed use of CB Radio Brings Final Total to Ten" added to press releases. (Removed as out of date)
27th April 1999
* "Luton Man Imprisoned for Pirate Broadcasts" added to press releases. (Removed as out of date)
26th April 1999
* The revised version of RA 281 (withdrawn)has been added to Library
23rd April 1999
* The following revised information sheet has been added to Library
RA 0 Current List of Information Documents, Application Forms and Publications
* "Grimsby Man Prosecuted by Radiocommunications Agency"   and "Swindon Truck Stop Catches Gloucestershire Man" added to press releases (Removed as out of date)
21st April 1999
* Contract Notice - Restricted Procedure - 20 April 1999 (Removed as out of date) added to Procurement
* "Two Caught Out at Leigh Delamere Service Station" added to press releases(Removed as out of date)
19th April 1999
* The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations 1999 - Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 930
* RA 357 PMR 446 Information Sheet has been added to the Library
* Links page updated.
* "Droylsden Pirate Radio Broadcaster Convicted"   and "Two Bristol Cab Drivers Fined for Unlicensed CB Radios" added to press releases (Removed as out of date)
14th April 1999
* The Information Sheet RA 293(Withdrawn) has been updated.
12th April 1999
* "Penrith Taxi Proprietor Convicted for Illegal Reception of Private Radio Messages" added to press releases(Removed as out of date)
9th April 1999
* Report into the "The feasibility of introducing digital ENG/OB video links" is available in the Extramural Research and Development pages of Research
* "Pirate Radio Broadcaster Convicted" added to press releases (Removed as out of date)
8th April 1999
* New documents have been added to the UACG section of Spectrum Auctions
7th April 1999
* "Radiocommunications Agency Reaffirms Commitment to Best Practice" added to press releases
* The Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) Directive has been updated it can be found in the Type Approval and Electromagnetic Compatibility section of Library

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