Competition between two rival technical solutions for in-flight connectivity is causing disagreement at EU level. Read more...

The merged entity will lose its 900 MHz and 1800 MHz licences in 2015 not 2016, but could buy them back at auction. Read more...

The European Commission has approved Telefonica Deutschland's proposed takeover of KPN's German subsidiary E-Plus. Read more...

The German regulator plans to take back some of the spectrum owned by a combined Telefónica/E-Plus and put it to auction. Read more...

German plans to auction 700 MHz spectrum as part of a second digital dividend “completely neglect” the interests of the programme-making and special events (PMSE) community, according to Dré Klaassen, co-president of the Association of Professional Wireless Productions Technologies (APWPT). Read more...

Consultation documents from the German regulator reveal its intention to carry out a series of auctions for several bands, starting in 2014. Read more...

Assigning spectrum across national borders will provide “the final blow” to competition in Europe’s mobile markets, according to a new report. Read more...

One of Germany’s two leading commercial broadcasters will abandon its current DTT distribution in one of its major markets at the end of this month. Is this the beginning of the end of DTT in Germany? Read more...

An exact picture will only emerge when Ofcom releases more details about the UK 4G auction but at the moment values seem to be lower than comparable European countries. Read more...

German regulator the Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) has published a discussion paper presenting possible scenarios for future mobile spectrum allocations. The scenarios focus in particular on the 900 and 1800 MHz GSM bands, where the existing licences are due to expire at the end of 2016. Read more...