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Our top story this month focuses on the FCC's proposals for broadcasters to sell their UHF spectrum and its launch of a review of spectrum holdings. We also consider an…

Ireland’s CTVR, a national telecommunications research centre, has launched a major initiative to bring TV white space trials to the country. The initiative comes as Ireland prepares to switch off…

In its biggest spectrum announcement for years the US regulator has made the world's first concrete proposals for broadcasters to sell their UHF spectrum as well as reacting to the…

Indonesia’s planned auction of the country’s remaining unallocated 2.1 GHz spectrum has been put on hold yet again, this time because the country’s largest mobile operator has been declared bankrupt…

Results of the Romanian multi-band 4G auction which started on September 12 have been announced by regulator ANCOM, with all five participants winning lots and paying a total of €682…

Mexico has confirmed it is adopting the Asia-Pacific (APT) band plan for the 700 MHz band (channels 52–69, 698–806 MHz).

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has failed to make any additional spectrum available for wireless broadband in the more than two years since the National Broadband Plan called for 500…

Croatian regulator Hakom has issued a call for bids for licences to use spectrum in the 790–862 MHz digital dividend band.

The European Commission has called for a new common regulatory approach to spectrum sharing in the EU in order to maximise the benefits of next-generation wireless technologies such as LTE.

The industry believes that regulation rather than technology is the biggest obstacle for its development, according to a survey undertaken for a new PolicyTracker report.

The decision by the Nigerian government to merge the country’s telecoms and broadcasting regulators will have a major impact on how spectrum is managed and assigned, with the country’s mobile…

Despite behind-the-scenes negotiations that are reportedly going on between the UK’s four mobile operators, Everything Everywhere has revealed details of its LTE 1800 plans which include a full commercial launch…

UK regulator Ofcom has just published its latest report on the findings of its research into whether and how LTE user equipment in the top part of the 800 MHz…

Our top story this month tackles UK regulator Ofcom's decision to allow mobile operator Everything Everywhere to repurpose its 1800 MHz spectrum for LTE use. We also consider the DoJ…

Worldwide LTE roaming is still years away, according to the equipment and component manufacturers whose technologies will enable it. However, roaming between specific countries and regions is already starting to…