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With the new year comes another Consumer Electronics Show, the annual jamboree for the global gadget industry.

The outlook for DAB digital radio is murky, to say the least. Only 21 countries have regular services (in Band III, 174-230 MHz), and even in some of these, there…

A number of organisations have developed methods of transmitting and receiving at the same time on the same frequency. These 'full duplex' technologies promise a doubling in capacity, but perhaps…

BT is planning its own "alternative" mobile network, yet looks set to buy a "traditional" mobile operator. How does that compute?

We put auction in context as prices pass an average of $1.82/MHz/POP

US company Globalstar is willing to take a huge bet on a paid-for Wi-Fi service. Where is the equivalent risk-taking in the European wireless sector?

The BBC is to use the Glasgow Commonwealth Games to host a demonstration of how TV white spaces (TVWS) can be used to stream both live and "on-demand" multimedia content…

The latest development in the mobile data demand saga shows the power of ITU documents.

Europe's policy makers are struggling to overcome differences of opinion on both the 700 MHz and 2 GHz bands.

And the winner is...the person who can revolutionise spectrum efficiency!

The European Parliament has now approved Jean-Claude Juncker's new European Commission after he changed some portfolios and commissioners to appease MEPs' concerns.

They say that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but one of the key messages from the CTIA's "Super Mobility Week” came through loud and clear: employing lobbyists will…

Scottish voters go to the polls today to answer a very simple question: should Scotland be an independent country?

Our recent article on the JTG meeting sparked a debate in the PolicyTracker office: is the ITU-R decision-making process too secretive?