The UK’s regulator’s blueprint for unlicensed frequencies has received a more positive response than previous proposals. However, some campaigners are concerned about the legal basis for regulating this type of spectrum usage. Read more...

The world’s first simulation of how dynamic spectrum access technologies might work on a commercial basis is underway in Dublin. Read more...

Hundreds of responses from ordinary citizens show how far Ofcom has to go in convincing the public of the benefits of taking a market approach to reallocating released analogue TV spectrum. Read more...

While the UK agonises about the viability of digital terrestrial without HDTV France has brought in a new law which provides an enviable roadmap for the future. Read more...

The International Telecommunications Union has carried out a survey of spectrum management in 189 countries. Read more...

Our themes this month are the Commission's call to mandate DVB-H as the European mobile TV technology and a comparision of the approaches to analoge switch-off in the UK and France. Read more...

Some countries are concerned that a split over the chairmanship may hinder attempts to build consensus at the World Radio Conference. Read more...

UK regulator Ofcom has received an extraordinarily large number of submissions to its consultation on what to do with the frequencies released by the switch to digital TV. Read more...

Ofcom has denied the European Commission’s claim that it is allowing mobile operators to pass on excessive spectrum licence costs to the consumer. Read more...

Enhancing the flexible use of spectrum will be high on the agenda this summer when stakeholders will be asked to assess the effectiveness of EU regulation of wireless equipment. Read more...