Having earlier announced it is abandoning its stalled mobile TV business MediaFlo, US chipmaker Qualcomm has recouped a hefty chunk of its investment by selling the MediaFlo spectrum to AT&T. The mobile giant will use it for LTE. Read more...

Qualcomm says it has developed a chipset for an advanced digital wireless microphone with much greater spectrum efficiency than current analogue models. However, industry experts are sceptical about its likely power consumption. Read more...

It’s now official: the US switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting is to be delayed from February 17 to June 12 following the second vote in a week in the House of Representatives. Read more...

This month we reflect on the significance of Europe's first major spectrum auctions this year: 2.6GHz in Sweden and L-band in the UK. Read more...

The US-based wireless technology company, Qualcomm, has bought all 17 lots in the UK’s 1452-1492 MHz auction for a total of £8,334,000 (10.7 million euros). The auction took five days and ended after 32 rounds. Read more...

As the ITU Working Party 8F meeting in Kyoto entered its final day, delegates would not be drawn on what progress, if any, had been made on the contentious question of getting WiMAX admitted to IMT2000. Read more...

The WiMAX lobby are pleased with the outcome of the WP8F meeting in Cameroon but other observers say it's an agreement about process not substance. Read more...

Following considerable administration support for WiMAX at the ITU Working Party 8F meeting it now appears to be a question of when rather than if WiMAX is accepted as part of the IMT-2000 family. Read more...