US policy makers must rethink how they assign government spectrum in order to meet the demand for wireless services, panellists said at a 29 July Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on how Congress can improve the management and use of federal spectrum. Read more...

Technology that promises to allow the use of GSM networks as a secondary service in spectrum bands already assigned to uninterested operators is currently being tested in Mexico. Read more...

Using fixed links for high frequency trading (HFT) in stock markets is an emerging use of spectrum, but there are claims that companies are buying up licences and leaving them unused to force up prices for competitors. Read more...

The US's latest auction of advanced wireless spectrum (AWS-3) ended yesterday, raising nearly $45 billion and sparking questions about its impact on upcoming auctions elsewhere and the financial health of the US wireless industry. Read more...

Despite a great deal of talk over several years about the need to reallocate government-held spectrum for commercial uses in the US and UK, little has been accomplished so far. Read more...

As the use of drones for everything from shopping deliveries to life-saving medical services increases, the question of what spectrum they will use for communications is becoming more urgent. Read more...

A battle may be brewing over the possible future reallocation of spectrum above 6 GHz to international mobile telecommunications (IMT). Read more...

Spectrum challenges for the next generation of telecoms were discussed at the LTE Summit in Amsterdam this week. Read more...

A seemingly unresolvable split between the US broadcasting and mobile sectors over possible primary allocation of the 470-698 MHz band for mobile broadband has left the Federal Communications Commission WRC-15 Advisory Committee (WAC) without a consensus recommendation for the US bargaining position. Europe's CEPT said the 470-694 MHz band should… Read more...

Leading economist questions whether this would work with US administrative structure. Read more...