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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9718

6 August 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Commission reserves unique frequency for communications on road safety and traffic management

Brussels, 05/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 5 August, the European Commission decided to reserve part of its radio-electric spectrum for smart vehicle communication systems, in the hope that this measure will facilitate traffic management and reduce the number of road accidents. This frequency, 30 MHz of spectrum in the 5.9 Gigahertz (GHz) band will be allocated across Europe for road safety purposes and will help vehicles communicate with each other, as well as vehicles and road...