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French Prime Minister François Fillon has confirmed that the 790-862 MHz band will be allocated to electronic communications following analogue switch-off. In practice this is expected to mean using the…

The Hong Kong Office of the Telecommunications Authority (Ofta) launched the territory’s first 4G auction today (Mon Jan 12) and after five rounds bidding had reached HK$489 million (US$63 million).…

A decision on whether or not the US public would get a free nationwide broadband service supported by advertising was postponed until sometime in 2009 due to pressure on the…

It was hyped as the “hundred-year auction”, selling off large chunks of prime spectrum freed up by the switch from analogue to digital broadcasting, but the jury is still out…

The July contest was widely seen as Canada’s most successful spectrum auction from the point of view of both contribution to government coffers and new market entrants.

When, in December 2004, the UK became the first European country to introduce spectrum trading, there were visions of a vibrant new market emerging as it has in the US…

Following the success of the 2.6GHz auction in Sweden in 2008, several more 2.6Ghz auctions are planned to take place around Europe throughout 2009.

Greater coordination of Europe’s approach to managing public sector spectrum may become a reality during 2009 with the publication in February of a Radio Spectrum Policy Group report which regulators…

Several legal landmarks were laid down in the course of the year, the most important being the entry onto the statute books of the WAPECS service and technology neutral licensing…

In the course of 2009 a clearer picture is likely to emerge of how Europe will use the digital dividend spectrum freed up by the switch from analogue to digital…

Considerable progress was made in 2008 towards the use of interleaved or white space spectrum between digital broadcasts in the UHF bands, although broadcasters on both sides of the Atlantic…

In this month's issue we analyse the agreement reached over the EU framework review package and assess its significance for spectrum policy. We consider the next steps in getting the…

ITU member countries are considering a request to start work on two matters in the broadcasting service and to revise five others, according to a letter circulated by the Radiocommunication…

The British government is to take a new look at how to utilise the so-called Digital Dividend, spectrum freed up by the switch from analogue to digital broadcasting, according to…

The US Federal Communications Commission is being accused of unlawful behaviour after cancelling a meeting scheduled for December 18. The regulator acted after receiving a letter from the incoming administration.