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UK competition authority dismisses spectrum divestment as a merger remedy
Nov 19, 2024
by Richard Haas

The authority dismissed proposals to force a spectrum sell-off as part of the Vodafone and Three merger. Read more...

Australia eyes a potential digital dividend
Nov 07, 2024
by Richard Handford

The Australian government will release a discussion paper on the future of free-to-air broadcasting in early 2025, says the country’s communications minister Michelle Rowland. Read more...

UK tourist hotspots don’t want to be notspots
Nov 06, 2024
by Mirva Villa

A reliable mobile data connection can be hard to come by in central London’s most-visited areas. To understand the extent of the problem, Westminster City Council has started gathering data on upload and download speeds. Read more...

Spectrum sharing faces specific challenges in Canada, the UK and US
Oct 23, 2024
by Laura Sear

Panellists from Canada, the UK and the US spoke at a recent industry event about the challenges facing spectrum sharing between defence and commercial users in their countries. Read more...

Mobile industry body urges UK government to reform “adversarial” planning rules
Sep 18, 2024
by Richard Haas

A survey from Mobile UK claims that most British people wouldn’t object to a mobile mast being installed on their street. Read more...

Vodafone to sell spectrum to VM/O2 to alleviate spectrum dominance concerns
Jul 23, 2024
by Richard Haas

The UK mobile network operator hopes to address concerns about its proposed merger with Three. Read more...

Motorola sues Home Office for unpaid Airwave bills
Jul 03, 2024
by Dugie Standeford

Motorola, which operates the UK's Airwave emergency communications network, has sued the Home Office for unpaid invoices in the latest episode in the long-running attempt to build a 4G/5G Emergency Services Network (ESN). Read more...

Not much progress yet on spectrum policy and climate change
Jun 18, 2024
by Laura Sear

PolicyTracker asked Aude Schoentgen and Tony Lavender of Plum Consulting how much has changed since the firm's 2021 report on the role of spectrum policy in tackling climate change. Read more...

Committee of MPs warns UK unlikely to meet 4G or 5G mobile coverage targets
Jun 13, 2024
by Mirva Villa

An influential committee of MPs issued a report on mobile connectivity in the country before Parliament was dissolved at the end of May. Read more...

UK regulator to free up 3.9 GHz band for 5G FWA
May 23, 2024
by Richard Haas

Ofcom is considering making technical changes to Three’s licence, which it plans to use for 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) services. Read more...