Australia should jettison specific spectrum targets for mobile broadband and move toward a contingency planning model, according to regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). Read more...

The Australian government has formally approved recommendations made in the Spectrum Review Report. Read more...

Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei announce near-simultaneous deployments of three-carrier aggregation using combinations of the 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Read more...

Australia's Department of Communications has published its Spectrum Review Report. The report, which has been the subject of consultations for the past year, focuses on simplified processes and greater opportunities for “market-based arrangements, including spectrum sharing and trading”. Read more...

A year after a controversial auction, the authorities reflect on Australia's regulatory framework. Read more...

The regulator has been instructed to auction 30 MHz of "beachfront" spectrum at the same reserve price imposed at its abortive auction in May this year. Read more...

Australian regulator ACMA has developed a class licence that will give the country’s public safety agencies nationwide access to 50 MHz of spectrum in the 4.9 GHz band. Read more...

Several recent developments have led many to question the assumption that auctions are always the best way of assigning spectrum to mobile operators. Read more...

As with the British digital dividend auction of 800 MHz spectrum earlier this year, the Australian 700 MHz auction has failed to meet government expectations but for very different reasons. Read more...

The fate of Australia’s planned 700 MHz digital dividend spectrum auction hangs in the balance as operators wait to see if the government will back down on the artificially high reserve price imposed by the telecoms minister. Read more...