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700 MHz frequency release could transform the mobile and broadcast market but it may also accelerate changes in consumer behaviour, shift the global balance of power among manufacturers and have…

Canada is to follow the US approach to TV white spaces to ensure a larger market and cross-border compatibility.

The UK's shift from analogue to digital TV ended quietly and successfully on 23 October. The big question now is what changes will digital convergence bring and when.

Channel repacking was a top issue at the first FCC workshop but few broadcasters were in attendance.

A PolicyTracker investigation has found few hopeful signs with most regarding the technology as being in terminal decline. But what lessons can we learn from its demise?

The work claims the legal status of broadcasting spectrum is as clear as mud but incentive auctions are a way of sidestepping the problem.

Momentum continues to build in Asia and Latin America

China has adopted the all-TDD version of the 2.6 GHz LTE band, while Japan’s Softbank, which already uses it, has bid for a 70% stake in Sprint Nextel in the…

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…