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Advances in technology have made the European Commission back away from its previous full-on support for the DVB-H mobile TV standard - to the extent it is now “highly interested”…

Brazil has become the first major country in the Americas to break step with the US bandplan at 2.6 GHz. In line with Europe and much of the rest of…

Lobbyists from the programme making and special events (PMSE) sector are accusing the UK government of exploiting technicalities to avoid paying compensation to companies being evicted from the channels they…

Field tests at several sporting events show plans to manage spectrum needs during the 2012 London Olympics are on track, the UK regulator says. Part of the spectrum will come…

Mobile operators should be changing their business models and making use of new technologies to get the most out of their spectrum holdings, rather than pressing for the release of…

The UK coalition government’s first attempt to address the thorny issue of spectrum reform appears to have gone down better with stakeholders than the previous government’s proposals, although there are…

Portuguese regulator Anacom has approved the Portuguese government's proposed schedule for analogue switch-off (ASO) in the country. In Italy, the president of the regulator thinks ASO could be achieved by…

Which spectrum bands and technologies are to be used to provide communications for the UK’s proposed smart grid are yet to be decided, but energy regulator Ofgem has released a…

In the second part of our special report on machine to machine (M2M) communications we examine whether the sector can continue to thrive in the unlicensed bands and a mish-mash…

In the first of a three part special report on machine to machine (M2M) communications we examine how the agenda is being driven by environmental and energy conservation issues.

The “Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010," introduced on 27 July by US House of Representatives Members Rick Boucher, a Democrat, and Cliff Stearns, a Republican, aims to help the…

Mexico now has three nationally-licensed 3G operators following an auction of excess 2.1 GHz spectrum, breaking the monopoly of the country’s dominant MNO, Telcel.

Greater certainty on spectrum that can be used for electronic newsgathering, outside broadcasting and production is needed to spur the confidence of regulators and manufacturers producing equipment, European broadcasters say.

Ofcom has revised a consultation document which gave the impression an EU Directive allowing UMTS in the GSM bands would become UK law by November.

Britain’s two-month-old coalition government has grasped the nettle of spectrum reform by introducing a revised version of stalled legislation which wasn't passed in the last Parliament.