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TV delivers more bang per bit than mobile according to....well, that would spoil the surprise....

The new year has begun with two large secondary trades between US mobile operators. Will trading increase on the other side of the Atlantic this year?

The startling complexity of the latest Combinatorial Clock Auction (CCA) presents a new challenge for the format.

Here in the UK, the cost of living is a major issue, especially at Christmas. Even though the economy seems gradually to be recovering, many of us are still worrying…

PPDR is looking for spectrum. TDD spectrum is available. Maybe there is an opportunity for the perfect match.

More spectrum is needed for mobile broadband because of increasing demand from smartphones, dongles and tablets, we are often told.

Qualcomm is planning to launch an SDL chip for the L-Band in 2015.

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…

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

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.