Following the rerun of a tender from May 2007, Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has again awarded two licences in the 1710–1730 MHz and 1805–1825 MHz bands to local operators CenterNet and Mobyland. The licences are due to last until the end of 2022. Read more...

Following the rerun of a tender from May 2007, Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has again awarded two licences in the 1710–1730 MHz and 1805–1825 MHz bands to local operators CenterNet and Mobyland. The licences are due to last until the end of 2022. Read more...

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is working with the country’s mobile operators to arrange spectrum swaps in the fragmented 1800 MHz band to allow the launch of LTE before the digital dividend 700 MHz band becomes available. Read more...

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is working with the country’s mobile operators to arrange spectrum swaps in the fragmented 1800 MHz band to allow the launch of LTE before the digital dividend 700 MHz band becomes available. Read more...

Swedish regulator the Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) has invited operators to take part in an auction of frequencies in the 1800 MHz band. The deadline for submitting applications and bank guarantees is 2 September 2011. Read more...

Swedish regulator the Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) has invited operators to take part in an auction of frequencies in the 1800 MHz band. The deadline for submitting applications and bank guarantees is 2 September 2011. 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...

Poland has become the fourth country with a commercial LTE launch and the first in the world to use the 1800 MHz band for 4G services. TeliaSonera has commercially launched LTE in Norway, Sweden and Uzbekistan at 2.6 GHz. Read more...

A UMTS trial scheduled to be conducted in the 1800 MHz band in France this November will be watched with interest both by operators and regulators, particularly in countries such as the UK, where operators are licensed at either 900 or 1800 MHz. 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...