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A Google-led trial in South Africa could encourage regulators there and in other emerging economies to see the value of TV white space spectrum for wireless broadband, participants claim.

The UK regulator’s proposal not to apply Administered Incentive Pricing (AIP) to TV until 2020 is a step too far, according to a leading academic and AIP proponent.

Supporters of LTE Broadcast technology say it offers mobile operators the opportunity to use their spectrum more efficiently. But is the technology all it’s cracked up to be, and are…

The Czech telecoms regulator and its consultant for the recent abandoned auction have differing views on whether the auction rules were faulty and whether they need to be changed to…

Would-be wholesale network operator Alestra believes the recent changes in telecoms regulation in Mexico will open the door to a wholesale network in the 700 MHz band.

Uruguay’s auction of 900, 1900 MHz and AWS spectrum came to a reasonably successful end earlier this month.

Colombia’s postponed auction of 1.7/2.1 GHz AWS and 2.6 GHz spectrum is back on track with spectrum reserved for a new entrant or entrants and the market leader banned from…

French regulator ARCEP has decided to allow Bouygues Telecom to deploy LTE in the 1800 MHz band, provided the company hands back some of the spectrum it holds in the…

The Canadian government has published several important documents concerning spectrum policy, management and identification issues impacting on the development of 4G wireless broadband in the country.

Mozambique looks set to become one of the first African nations to auction the digital dividend frequencies at 790-862 MHz.

At800, an organisation created to ensure that soon-to-be-deployed 4G mobile services in the 800 MHz band don't interfere with the UK's digital terrestrial TV signals, started operating on 15 March.…

Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has confirmed it plans to auction spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz band in late 2013. However, it faces protests from those…

India’s second attempt to auction off spectrum licences confiscated by the Supreme Court last year came to an end this week with one bidder buying a limited amount of regional…

In an unprecedented show of support for the consumer and disregard for government coffers, the Czech regulator has pulled the plug on the country’s 4G spectrum auction because the bidding…

Mobile operators are unlikely to complain about the Bahraini government's decision to bar new entrants from its upcoming 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum auction. However, according…