John Haine, RF technology innovation coordinator at the Internet of Things (IoT) chip and module-maker U-blox, told a recent conference in London that part of the 700 MHz band should be dedicated to the IoT on a licensed basis. Read more...

Political agreement on allocating the 700 MHz band was reached at WRC-12, but a new proposal from the Russian Federation would make the use of IMT in the band much more expensive in certain administrations. Read more...

This month we examine the implications of the US AWS-3 auction results for the broadcast incentive auction due to be held next year and assess claims that Dish made unfair use of FCC rules to reduce the amount it paid for spectrum. We also ask whether spectrum could be reserved… Read more...

Following consultations, the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) has adopted two "Opinions"; one on the future of the UHF band and another on Europe's common positions going into WRC-15. Read more...

Qualcomm is promoting a modification of Europe's 700 MHz bandplan to support a 2 x 3 MHz slot exclusively used for machine to machine communications (M2M), but vendors and regulators appear undecided on the initiative. Read more...

Argentina's communications ministry raised 14 per cent more than reserve price in auction. Read more...

New entrants would be exempt from rollout conditions in major multiband auction. Read more...

Supporters of the wholesale access model see it as a way of providing Africans with affordable access to broadband. Read more...

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

Evicting terrestrial broadcasters from the 700 MHz band by 2020 - as suggested by the European Commission's "high level group" - raises difficult political and technical questions, says European Broadcasting Union (EBU) technology and innovation director Simon Fell. Read more...