There is a growing sense that governments see commercial mobile networks as a key part of the critical communications industry. Read more...

UK leadership in international spectrum talks is waning, leaving the country “responsive rather than proactive,” says Jim Norton, chair of the UK Spectrum Policy Forum. Read more...

A leading spectrum thinker and the GSMA's head of spectrum broadly welcome the UK's new strategy but point out loose ends. Read more...

The UK's public spending watchdog says that some mobile operators paid less than market value in the country's auction of spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Read more...

The UK's PMSE industry is concerned about losing more spectrum as the regulator's TV white space tests are rolled out. Read more...

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

Ofcom has announced its spectrum plan for the Commonwealth Games, which will be held in the Scottish city of Glasgow next year. Read more...

At one hundred times the frequency of "beachfront" sub-1 GHz spectrum and unable to pass through walls, the terahertz range of spectrum has so far been out of the question when it comes to solutions to the spectrum crunch. A new research project featuring some of the UK's top universities… Read more...

Ofcom has decided that newly released spectrum in the 870-876 MHz and 915-921 MHz bands should be made available for licence exempt use. Read more...

Several recent developments have led many to question the assumption that auctions are always the best way of assigning spectrum to mobile operators. Read more...