In the second part of our feature on spectrum for LTE, we focus on mobile operators' strategies in the US, Japan and China. We also assess the challenges they will face as the technology develops. Read more...

US utilities are starting to show interest in using spectrum from legacy paging licences for smart grids. According to Full Spectrum chief executive Stewart Kantor, their European counterparts would do well to follow. Read more...

In the first of a three part special report on machine to machine (M2M) communications we examine how the agenda is being driven by environmental and energy conservation issues. Read more...

Some argue there is a greater need than ever before for exclusivity in the form of liberal licences, while others say the focus must be on new models for spectrum access. Read more...

President Barack Obama has signed a memorandum committing the US government to the goal of making another 500 MHz of spectrum available in the country by the end of the decade – nearly doubling the total amount available for wireless technologies. Read more...

With much of the telecoms media spotlight on the emergence of TD-LTE and the first commercial launch of an LTE network it is easy to overlook the significance of WiMAX subscriber growth and the potential impact of new multi-mode devices. Read more...

As US mobile WiMAX operator Clearwire accelerates rollout in its home market and gets another capital injection, it is now planning launches in Spain and Mexico. Read more...

The US regulator has given itself four months to come up with new proposals for D-block, the spectrum which failed to sell at last year's 700MHz auction. The FCC still favours a public/private partnership but the policy-making process is being hampered by a lack of consensus among the public safety… Read more...

It has been called the lifeblood of the battlefield but in the future the military’s radio spectrum could be threatened by commercial terrestrial services. The need for military action is currently being debated; should these frequencies be protected? Read more...

Discussions underway at a European Communications Committee meeting in Copenhagen this week could bring European shipments of Ultra Wide Band devices a step closer. Read more...