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Does the data shift from licensed to unlicensed frequency bands tell us more about telecom companies or consumers?

Belgian regulator BIPT’s announcement that the country’s three existing network operators had won all the available spectrum in its 800 MHz auction is a strong candidate for “least surprising news…

The European Parliament's Ex-Ante Impact Assessment Unit has questioned the European Commission's much-repeated claim that its proposals for the telecoms industry will increase economic output by €110 billion each year.

Are spectrum auctions designed to extort money from mobile operators?

Is Europe's telecoms market set to be dominated by a few large multinationals?

It hasn't been a vintage year for spectrum auctions.

This afternoon, Neelie Kroes is defending the Commission's draft telecoms reform package in front of an audience that includes many senior figures from Europe's telecoms industry.

Possibly, but the wider social benefits will not be realised unless there are policy interventions to incentivise the process, argues Martin Sims.

The UHF shake-up means many people will need new TVs, and in the UK there is no long-term guarantee about terrestrial HDTV. Isn't the consumer being treated badly?

It's the location for this year's Latin American Spectrum Conference, but what does Sao Paulo have to offer as a city?

The UK is consulting but the decision seems to have been taken. Many other European countries are following suit and the challenge now is to make sure this is a…

Is this the beginning of the end of our worries about interference, or just the end of the beginning?

Politicians should be taking a long-term view rather than thinking that spectrum auctions can replace state-owned telcos as a cash lifeline.

The amount raised was the average of our upper and lower estimate: much less than the government's projection!

Everyone knows that mobile broadband traffic is going through the roof. So how much spectrum do you really need? While spectrum policy and regulation is constantly being developed, debated, and…