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The long summer months are known in journalism as the silly season because society’s movers and shakers go on holiday, causing a deficit of political and economic excitement.

Do you feel that your rights are being trampled by a pin-striped two-headed monster with an evil cackle?

The world's most sought-after spectrum is currently being auctioned in what is arguably Europe's strongest economy - so why are wallets staying closed?

The UK mobile industry is so keen on LTE Broadcast that “by 2020, no live TV will be unicast,” says Matt Stagg, senior manager of network strategy at the country's…

Some 14 months ago, we asked whether Licensed Shared Access (LSA) was "ready for take-off". A couple of weeks later, we were assured by delegates from Nokia and Qualcomm at…

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…