The veil is starting to lift on the new British government’s policies as they affect both the telecoms regulator Ofcom and the much-delayed framework for an equitable distribution of spectrum holdings amongst the country’s operators. Read more...

This Ofcom consultation has provoked an usually high number of responses and most are scathing in their condemnation of the plan. Read more...

Governments need to stand firm behind regulators threatened with legal action rather than starting the consultation process all over again. Read more...

The UK Labour Party has abandoned attempts to get a special instrument (SI) authorising spectrum reform through parliament before the pre-election recess. Read more...

Ministers have announced that they are backing a package of measures very similar to that suggested by the UK regulator some years ago. The 2.6 GHz centre band is to be auctioned as soon as possible. Read more...

The proposed introduction of spectrum leasing is the latest Ofcom liberalisation proposal to be put on ice by the British government to the dismay of aspiring band managers. Read more...

With auctioning of 2.6 GHz in the UK getting pushed further and further back, government and regulators are being urged to sell the 50 MHz central block of TDD spectrum which could be used for WiMAX. Read more...

The ground-breaking approach of using auction design to determine spectrum packaging seems to be off the agenda in the UK but should be tested in practice in the next few weeks in the Netherlands 2.6 GHz auction. Read more...

A likely Competition Commission investigation, a new threat of legal action and a forthcoming general election means the release of this crucial band – originally planned for 2007 – may not happen until 2011 or 2012. Read more...

UK 2.6 GHz and 800 MHz auctions look likely to be delayed until 2011: meanwhile Kip Meek, appointed to resolve the UK’s refarming impasse, says spectrum is a “policy making orphan” Read more...