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In a highly unusual move European foreign ministers and the Radio Regulations Board have demanded action after repeated complaints from broadcasters.

The European Commission has released further details of the spectrum-related conditions related to the merger of the UK operations of T-Mobile and Orange.

The Swiss regulator, Ofcom, has opened a consultation to assess how many of the non-public broadcasters want to provide DVB-T services.

Under pressure to free up the 800 MHz band for wireless services, some European countries are still trying to resolve interference problems with Russia. The RSPG wants the EU to…

Commissioner Kroes used the Spectrum Summit to make a commitment to greater flexibility and greater competition

A bid by Germany’s two smallest mobile operators to halt the planned April 12 superauction of 340 MHz of spectrum in four bands has failed.

US telecoms regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a beta version of a user-friendly online spectrum information system featuring licensing data, information, maps and analysis.

There may be different views on the future of EU spectrum policy but summit participants agreed on the need to stop the region falling behind the US and Asia

FCC proposals for “incentive” spectrum auctions in which licensees voluntarily give up their spectrum for sale has been welcomed but experts say the devil is in the implementation details.

As mobile operators lobby UK ministers and parliamentarians to block the government’s proposed spectrum modernisation programme, doubts are cast on their basic premise for objecting.

International scientific and technological bodies as well as some countries are raising concerns about mobile satellite allocations being suggested for consideration at WRC-12

Thanks to restrictions which ensure the bulk of spectrum is reserved for newcomers to the local telecoms market, the upcoming Dutch 2.6 GHz auction has attracted nine bidders.

Reaction to the spectrum plan has been generally positive, but one FCC commissioner has raised concerns about damaging the public interest.

Stakeholders are divided on whether new approaches are needed to ease the deployment of aeronautical services by the mobile satellite community

Germany’s “super auction” of 350 MHz of spectrum in four bands may have to be delayed due to legal action from two of the country’s four incumbent mobile operators.