The two groups’ joint venture, VHA, declined to take part in the country’s 2013 700 MHz auction, blaming excessive reserve prices. It then tried to buy most of the leftover spectrum earlier this year at the original reserve price, triggering a new auction. Read more...

After refusing to take part in the digital dividend auction in 2013, Vodafone has now offered the Australian government A$594.3 million (€384 million) for a 700 MHz licence. Read more...

Australia's Department of Communications (DoC) has unveiled reforms that seek to clarify the roles of the department, its minister and regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) in spectrum management. Read more...

Australia should jettison specific spectrum targets for mobile broadband and move toward a contingency planning model, according to regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). Read more...

The Australian government has formally approved recommendations made in the Spectrum Review Report. Read more...

Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei announce near-simultaneous deployments of three-carrier aggregation using combinations of the 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Read more...

Australia's Department of Communications has published its Spectrum Review Report. The report, which has been the subject of consultations for the past year, focuses on simplified processes and greater opportunities for “market-based arrangements, including spectrum sharing and trading”. Read more...

A year after a controversial auction, the authorities reflect on Australia's regulatory framework. Read more...

The regulator has been instructed to auction 30 MHz of "beachfront" spectrum at the same reserve price imposed at its abortive auction in May this year. Read more...

Australian regulator ACMA has developed a class licence that will give the country’s public safety agencies nationwide access to 50 MHz of spectrum in the 4.9 GHz band. Read more...