Ben Roome, the chief executive of At800, explains why the UK’s 800 MHz interference problem is less significant than expected and how the majority of interference cases the organisation deals with have nothing to do with LTE. Read more...

Despite a great deal of talk over several years about the need to reallocate government-held spectrum for commercial uses in the US and UK, little has been accomplished so far. Read more...

The UK introduced spectrum trading in 2004 as part of its spectrum liberalisation agenda, but the actual number of trades remains low, figures from regulator Ofcom show. Even so, Britain appears to be light years ahead of France and Germany, which introduced the system around the same time. Read more...

Ofcom aims to auction the band by the beginning of 2022. Read more...

UK mobile operators are opposing the government's drive to implement national roaming, even though some of their senior engineers were closely involved in IET research that concluded roaming was a good way to improve network efficiency. Read more...

UK mobile operators are seeking simpler planning rules and advocating the use of a single local passive network in some areas to improve mobile coverage. The government, however, is more keen on using roaming regulations. Read more...

A battle may be brewing over the possible future reallocation of spectrum above 6 GHz to international mobile telecommunications (IMT). Read more...

The UK's mobile operators welcome the publication of a new consultation but point out that Ofcom still plans to increase annual fees by 383 per cent. Read more...

UK regulator Ofcom expects to “resist” permitting mobile broadband uses in the 470-694 MHz spectrum band at WRC-15, it said in a 27 June consultation document outlining its preparations for the conference. Read more...

The Small Cells World Summit was held in London this week. Read more...