The country's minister for digital affairs has outlined the government's spectrum priorities and re-affirmed its commitment to reallocating the 700 MHz band by the end of this year. Read more...

Ben Roome, the chief executive of At800, explains why the UK’s 800 MHz interference problem is less significant than expected and how the majority of interference cases the organisation deals with have nothing to do with LTE. Read more...

Leading figures in French industry discussed how to take a leading role in the wireless sector at an annual conference organised by the ANFR, France's national spectrum regulator. Read more...

France's Agence Nationale des Frequences is holding another conference on spectrum and innovation on 27 November. Read more...

The French government hopes to raise €2 billion from the contest. Read more...

France’s competition authority has rejected Orange’s attempt to block a network sharing deal agreed by rivals SFR and Bouygues. Most of Europe’s operators are likely to breathe a sigh of relief. Read more...

A crucial vote in Europe's Conference Preparatory Group (CPG) later this month will determine whether the continent will advocate identifying swathes of valuable L-band spectrum for IMT at WRC-15, despite NATO's opposition to the proposal. Read more...

A new study of spectrum policy in France advocates the use of licensed shared access (LSA) in the 2.3 GHz band and the appointment of a "spectrum commissioner". Read more...

Arnaud Montebourg gave a fiery speech at an industry event in Paris last week. Read more...

France still plans to allocate spectrum in the 700 MHz band to mobile, but not as quickly as some have suggested. Read more...