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In the run-up to this year's World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15), one issue discussed less than others so far is Agenda Item 1.3, which looks at identifying spectrum for broadband public…

The deadline has now passed for comments on the Lamy report on the future of the UHF band in Europe. While the European Commission won't release the consultation responses for…

New cross-industry body leads anti-abbreviation drive

What's the ideal training for the spectrum world? Engineering, law, economics? Or maybe it's poker, if we read between the lines of a recent speech by Ofcom's spectrum chief.

A popular tool for regulators who want to make sure companies use their spectrum as efficiently as possible is a "use it or lose it" clause in a spectrum licence.

Should this have an effect on spectrum decisions later this year?

Several major companies held a meeting at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 in Barcelona this week to compare notes on LTE Broadcast.

We’ve been here before. There was a big hype around mobile TV technologies such as MediaFLO and DVB-H but they failed. Why should LTE Broadcast be any different?

Typically less than 50% of spectrum already identified for IMT has been licensed by regulators, yet the IMT community are seeking new allocations. Shouldn't regulators and the IMT community alike…

As world leaders gather in Davos to discuss how to improve the world's economic performance, the Indian government is planning to hold an auction that will cost the mobile industry…

At an annual consultation meeting on Ofcom's draft annual plan, the regulator's director of spectrum policy Charles Jenne confirmed it was currently working on future spectrum sharing initiatives.

With the new year comes another Consumer Electronics Show, the annual jamboree for the global gadget industry.

The outlook for DAB digital radio is murky, to say the least. Only 21 countries have regular services (in Band III, 174-230 MHz), and even in some of these, there…

A number of organisations have developed methods of transmitting and receiving at the same time on the same frequency. These 'full duplex' technologies promise a doubling in capacity, but perhaps…

BT is planning its own "alternative" mobile network, yet looks set to buy a "traditional" mobile operator. How does that compute?