Poland’s digital affairs minister Marek Zagórski says Warsaw will seek the European Commission’s support in its ongoing row with Moscow over Russia’s reluctance to release spectrum in the 700 MHz band.  Read more...

Korean operator KT and vendors Intel and Samsung have been showing off 5G on snow and ice for the past two weeks, but the actual offerings at the event have felt relatively low key. 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...

Nikolay Nikiforov was speaking at a "high level debate" at ITU Telecom World which had as its theme: "Disrupt or be Disrupted to Make Broadband Universal". Read more...

Russia’s Ministry of Communications and Mass Media and the country’s State Radio Frequencies Commission (GRFC) have unveiled plans to offer spectrum in the 1800 MHz band. The forthcoming contest is unlikely to take the form of an auction. Read more...

In the space of two months, two of the world's most populous countries have reportedly pushed back the use of the 700 MHz band for IMT beyond 2020. Read more...

Russia's State Commission for Radio Frequencies (SCRF) has decided to introduce the principle of technology neutrality in the 900 MHz, 1700 MHz and 1800 MHz bands in an attempt to boost the development of 3G and 4G in the country. Read more...

Lithuania and Latvia both signed agreements with Belarus last month that clear the way for LTE and other wireless services to be deployed in the 790-862 MHz band. Read more...

The Baltic countries are clearing the way for 4G services across almost all of their territories using the 790–862 MHz digital dividend band. 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...