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The US Federal Communications Commission has ended a long-running dispute between wireless communications services spectrum users and satellite radio services.

It took less than a day, a last-minute legal challenge had to be seen off and there have been concerns about collusion, but the often-delayed and long-awaited Thai 3G auction…

The concept of spectrum usage rights, licensing that specifies the maximum level of interference allowed rather than the power that can be transmitted, may have faltered in Europe but it's…

An unusual sense of harmony has broken out amongst Britain’s normally warring mobile operators as a government-brokered compromise will see spectrum for LTE freed up six months ahead of schedule.

A group of Indian ministers has approved a hefty one-off fee for operators holding “excess” GSM and CDMA spectrum, but has also agreed on a licence fee refund to operators…

Regulators need to make sure they fully understand the implications of allocating the 700 MHz band for mobile broadband, broadcasters say.

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.