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The Finnish government has adopted a resolution stating that it plans to auction 2 x 30 MHz of spectrum in the 800 MHz band by the end of next year.

This month Bahrain is due to publish its initial plans to award a total of 145 MHz in the 2.6 GHz, 2.1 GHz, 1.9 GHz, 1800 MHz and 900 MHz…

As the ITU publishes a report in which it claims broadband, including wireless broadband, is the key to creating a low-carbon economy, the European Commission (EC) is consulting on where…

Deploying small cells could save mobile operators millions of euros, Alcatel-Lucent’s Michel Grech told Cambridge Wireless’s Small Cell Special Interest Group (SIG) last week. The cost advantage over a five-year…

LTE growth is accelerating around the world in terms of operator commitments and commercial launches as well as subscriber numbers. Verizon and NTT DoCoMo, the largest operators in the US…

This is the bullish conclusion of Understanding Weightless. Technology, Equipment, and Network Deployment for M2M Communications in White Space*, written by William Webb, CTO of Cambridge start-up Neul and one…

Government bodies are playing the blame game as top Kenyan mobile operator Safaricom threatens to pull out of a planned joint venture LTE network because the government is trying to…

As part of its continuing effort to free up spectrum for mobile broadband, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is consulting on how to promote interoperability in the commercial Lower…

The European Commission's “all or nothing” approach of licensed versus unlicensed spectrum must give way to one that includes licensed shared access, said the head of its spectrum policy unit…

In a surprise move, Romanian telecoms regulator ANCOM has announced it plans to hold a “super auction” this year involving a total of 465 MHz of spectrum in the 800…

Following a four-year process comprising eight consultations, numerous backing documents and independent reports from three expert advisors, Ireland’s Commission for Communications Regulation has come to a decision on the assignment…

The Canadian regulator plans to auction the 700 MHz band in 2013 and 2.5 GHz spectrum the following year. Auction rules will include spectrum caps and rural deployment conditions.

The Polish regulator has announced the proposals it will be putting forward to the government, complementing the existing plan to sell 1800 MHz at the end of this year.

While it has been public knowledge since the middle of last year that UK Broadband would use its large holdings of 3.5 GHz spectrum to launch a wholesale LTE service,…

Although their spectrum holdings are often described as “massive” by consultants and regarded with envy by operators in the US and elsewhere, market leaders Verizon and AT&T are warning of…