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QUASAR reports on the business and regulatory case for services using secondary access to spectrum such as TV white spaces are useful but flawed, several observers told PolicyTracker.

Services using secondary access to spectrum are feasible from a business and regulatory standpoint if several issues are resolved, the QUASAR research project said in reports published over the summer.

Romania’s National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has accepted all five applications it received to take part in a multi-band auction next month.

As expected, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved plans by Verizon Wireless to buy, swap and divest Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum licences in a move aimed at…

The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (Ficora) has issued a radio licence for a large-scale cognitive radio trial using the white spaces in the 470–790 MHz broadcast spectrum band.

UK regulator Ofcom’s decision to let Everything Everywhere (EE) refarm its 1800 MHz spectrum and use it for LTE has predictably enraged its competitors. EE’s sale of 2 x 15…

The US wireless industry will begin testing the potential of the 1755–1780 MHz band for commercial mobile broadband services following the 14 August approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)…

Plans by Verizon Wireless to buy 122 Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum licences won US Department of Justice (DoJ) approval last week, with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expected to…

Momentum is growing for the 700 MHz band to be used for mobile in Europe, but with the on-going awards of the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands, is it…

The Vietnam Military Telecommunications Group (Viettel) has continued its accelerating overseas expansion after winning a tender for a 900 MHz licence in Peru.

The Indian government has finally announced the key decisions that will permit the auction of the 800 and 1800 MHz spectrum vacated following the withdrawal of 122 regional licences which…

US political rivalries could derail a bill before the US Senate that aims to create a comprehensive spectrum inventory of every band from 300 MHz to 6.5 GHz.

In yet another move to spur mobile broadband rollout, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revamped several rules governing fixed service (FS) spectrum to make more wireless backhaul available…

Our top story this month tackles the debate between those who think US federal spectrum should be cleared for commercial wireless use and those who favour spectrum sharing. We also…

European policymakers urgently need to develop a more coherent approach to the question of licence renewal, says Vodafone’s public policy director Richard Feasey.