The industry, research and energy (ITRE) Committee of the European Parliament is to hold a hearing on allocating the frequencies released by analogue TV switch off. Read more...

The growing interest in using C-band for UMTS or wireless broadband is ringing alarm bells for satellite operators. Read more...

PolicyTracker understands that the use of L-band is the main proposal to emerge from a working group asked by the European Commission to find more spectrum for mobile TV. Read more...

Slotting in the final piece of the liberalisation jigsaw could be worth nearly £1bn a year says Ofcom, which is proposing technology and service neutral licences. Read more...

The May issue of PolicyTracker is now available for download and our theme this month is technology and service neutral licensing. Read more...

Despite the growing demand for services using unlicensed spectrum the bands are not congested according to the preliminary findings of a European Commission study. Read more...

Europe is outstripping the US in setting the regulatory framework for allowing the in-flight use of mobiles. Read more...

Ofcom, the UK unitary regulator set up in 2003, has announced the results of its first spectrum auction. Read more...

The transition to digital TV is forcing the UK’s users of radio mics out of their current frequency bands and causing concern about the economic impact on the entertainment industries. Read more...

Ten years after Guatemala spearheaded spectrum liberalisation there is still no provision for public service broadcasting, leaving dozens of community radios in a legal no man’s land. Read more...