Greek plans to auction 900 MHz frequencies held by two of the country's mobile operators “will undermine the future of the mobile industry,” according to Nassos Zarkalis, chairman and chief executive of WIND Hellas. Read more...

Greek plans to auction 900 MHz frequencies held by two of the country's mobile operators “will undermine the future of the mobile industry,” according to Nassos Zarkalis, chairman and chief executive of WIND Hellas. Read more...

Orange and Yoigo are the only mobile operators to have lodged bids in the Spanish 900 and 1800 MHz licence contest, according to the country's ministry of industry, tourism and trade. Read more...

Irish regulator ComReg has rethought its position on how best to handle redistribution of the 800 and 900 MHz bands and is now proposing a single award process in the form of a joint auction, to be held in 2011, rather than awarding the bands in isolation. Read more...

Malta’s newly announced plan for assigning the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands includes spectrum caps, “use or lose” clauses and a possible auction. Read more...

Refarming the GSM bands is raising a number of questions in several countries and there seem to be no simple answers on offer, even in those countries where the process has been a success. Read more...

At a time when consolidation is the name of the game in much of the world, Chile has just awarded two new 3G licenses to give the country of 16 million people a total of five mobile operators. Read more...

Ofcom seeks to implement European decision on 2G re-farming by offering three blocks of 900MHz spectrum for auction in 2010 Read more...