A new entrant has acquired 1800 MHz spectrum in Slovakia's multiband auction. Read more...

Bulgaria’s Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) has announced plans to carry out an auction of spectrum in the 2.6 GHz band. Read more...

Brazilian regulator Anatel has ruled that MMDS operators who previously held the whole of the 2500-2690 MHz band should receive compensation of 314 million reals ($151 million). Read more...

The Venezuelan government has been making progress in its spectrum allocation programme with two recent developments. Read more...

Helen Goodman MP, the telecoms spokesperson for the UK's opposition Labour party, has clarified her position on the country’s recent spectrum auction, having initially appeared to criticise regulator Ofcom for a perceived shortfall in revenues. Read more...

UK regulator Ofcom announced this morning that the country’s “4G” auction is underway, with all seven bidders that qualified to take part still involved in the process. Read more...

Results of the Romanian multi-band 4G auction which started on September 12 have been announced by regulator ANCOM, with all five participants winning lots and paying a total of €682 million for 485 MHz of spectrum. The big surprise was the amount of 2.6 GHz spectrum remaining unsold. Read more...

Following a flurry of activity late last year and early this year as South African regulator ICASA tried to push through its proposals for the assignment by beauty contest of 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum, the whole process is now on indefinite hold. Read more...

The Canadian regulator plans to auction the 700 MHz band in 2013 and 2.5 GHz spectrum the following year. Auction rules will include spectrum caps and rural deployment conditions. Read more...

The Polish regulator has announced the proposals it will be putting forward to the government, complementing the existing plan to sell 1800 MHz at the end of this year. Read more...