Canadian plans for auctioning 600 MHz spectrum call for a significant set-aside to encourage greater competition. But set-asides have been tried in the past and have so far failed to expand the country's highly concentrated mobile market, one consultant says. Read more...

Operators from countries such as South Korea, Japan and the US attended a meeting held by a group that backs 28 GHz for the first time. Mexico’s regulator was also represented. Read more...

The Canadian government has proposed setting spectrum aside in the 600 MHz band for smaller regional providers but Bell, one of the country's biggest telcos, says those in the running are in fact “large, well-capitalized incumbent cable companies” who don't need any financial concessions. Read more...

Regulators in the US and Canada have published a "statement of intent" (SOI) that is designed to prevent any cross-border problems as both countries repurpose the 600 MHz band from broadcasting to mobile broadband. Read more...

An auction in Canada saw nine operators gain spectrum in the 2.6 GHz band for a total of C$755.4 million ($630 million), C$478.9 million ($400 million) of which was composed of bids from Telus. Read more...

Canada has completed another auction as part of its ongoing efforts to release as much spectrum as possible for mobile broadband. Read more...

Canada's industry minister James Moore has unveiled a set of measures that aim to repurpose a large amount of spectrum for mobile broadband. Read more...

The lion's share of the revenue from the auction came from Rogers, who spent C$3.3 billion ($3 billion). Read more...

Two inter-American proposals propose different approaches to the coveted 470-698 MHz band. Read more...

In a move described by one commentator as a “consumer-focused, populist approach” to competition in the wireless communications market, the Canadian government postponed its planned 700 MHz auction earlier this month and revised its spectrum licence transfer policy. Read more...