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The European court of justice has ruled that Italy has breached community law by giving a TV company a broadcasting licence but failing to give it a frequency allocation.

There is speculation about who might take over when Valery Timofeev steps down at the end of his eight year tenure.

Our top story this month is an analysis of the auctions taking place in key mobile and wireless broadband frequencies this year.

The WAPECs generic licensing framework should pass its final hurdle in a few weeks but adoption across the member states looks likely to be gradual and patchy. Further work is…

The long-awaited 700MHz auction in the US, often hyped up as the “100-year auction” kicks off today (January 24) amid intense speculation and not a little controversy.

Regulator BNetzA has proposed auctioning spectrum in the 1.8GHz, 2GHz and 2.6GHz bands for digital cellular mobile communications. But criticism of its regulatory approach has sparked lawsuits that appear to…

ITU-R study groups are to examine the implications of these two technologies which could revolutionize the broadband market, as well as considering how the radio regulations should deal with convergence.

PolicyTracker estimates at least 15 auctions of bands crucial to the future of broadband wireless and mobile services will be held this year. These could answer key questions about pricing…

AirFrance is using the OnAir system to test the use of mobile data services on flights to Poland. A voice trial is due to start shortly.

Four years of research and planning conducted by a variety of ITU study groups and working parties came to fruition in November with the World Radio Conference meeting in Geneva…

Looming over the world of spectrum this year in Europe, and much of the rest of the world, has been the Digital Dividend.

While there are minefields to be negotiated to refarm 2G spectrum for 3G nobody thought that getting the European Parliament to sign off on the deal would be one of…

While authorities in the US remain opposed to using mobiles on aircraft, 2007 saw marked progress being made in Europe and the Asia Pacific with several trial runs launched, the…

Usage of unlicensed spectrum using both ultra-wideband (UWB) technology in the 3.4 to 9GHz part of the spectrum and WirelessHD technology at 60GHz crept tantalisingly closer in Europe during 2007.

The Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) has announced two separate spectrum auctions to be held in the first half of 2008.