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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…

The benefits of letting the market choose the best mobile TV technology are already evident in the US, says the FLO Forum.

Industry fears that the UK’s plans for an important satellite frequency – due to be finalised in the next few weeks - could drive smaller operators out of the country

Spectrum trading may be the centrepiece of this summer’s Framework Review and in place for two and a half years in the UK but still there is no sign of…

An influential committee of the UK Parliament has rejected terrestrial broadcasters’ calls to set aside digital dividend spectrum for HDTV but supported action to help wireless microphone users.

The Europe-wide online portal giving information about spectrum use and ownership first proposed three years ago may not be complete until 2010

If the market is perceived as the most efficient way of allocating frequencies is it possible to value the wider public policy initiatives which require spectrum usage? It’s a hotly…

Hong Kong’s regulator has announced the award of a technology specific CDMA2000 licence shortly after the publication of a policy framework which endorsed moves towards liberalisation.

A flexible spectrum management regime to support both liberalisation and new developments like cognitive radio is already working well in Australia argues its creator, Michael Whittaker.

Our theme this month is cognitive radio. After the first 'real world' trials in Ireland we analyse technological progress and the reaction from regulators and the scientific community.

Hong Kong endorses a market based approach to spectrum management but raises eyebrows with the expected announcement of a technology specific mobile licence.

Regulators, mobile operators and airlines from around the world will be watching with great interest a test being launched in Australia by national flag carrier Qantas.