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Our top story this month is the latest development in the battle to get WiMAX accepted as part of the IMT-2000 family of technologies.

The battle to get WiMAX included as a part of the IMT-2000 family took an unexpected turn at the ITU-R Study Group 8 meeting in Geneva on June 25 and…

The UK regulator has watered down plans to apply market principles to spectrum for wireless mics but PMSE users say they still need more details.

The Canadian government has asked a leading European expert, Professor Martin Cave, for advice on liberalising the country's spectrum management regime.

The Commission’s harmonisation of frequencies for mobile satellite services was warmly welcomed by operators. But how should the licences be awarded, how can national approaches be co-ordinated and can the…

HDTV means the existing unlicensed bands will soon run out of capacity says Philips but not all regulators agree.

Spectrum management is more complex than usually imagined, argues Gerard Pogorel. There are nine possible regimes, not just command and control, market or commons, and it is more productive to…

A European regulators working group has agreed a deal on harmonising a UHF sub band for mobile, but how many countries will actually implement this and does the voluntary nature…

The final proposals for the European Commission's review of the Electronic Communications Framework - which have spectrum liberalisation as their centrepiece -will not now be published until October.

A working group of the European regulators organisation, CEPT, has made a recommendation on creating a harmonised sub-band for mobile services in the digital dividend frequencies.

Consensus seems to be building on creating a harmonised European sub-band for mobile services in the digital dividend frequencies. However, could this be undermined by Europe’s failure to call for…

Portugal, due to take up the EU presidency on July 1, is not in favour of a single European regulator or mandating DVB-H as the European mobile TV technology.

The WiMAX forum met with success in its battle to have WiMAX admitted to IMT-2000 at the ITU Working Party 8F meeting in Kyoto last week.

Our theme this month is planning for mobile services in the digital dividend frequencies.

As the ITU Working Party 8F meeting in Kyoto entered its final day, delegates would not be drawn on what progress, if any, had been made on the contentious question…