Sweden has evaluated the possibility of using "social masts" to boost 4G mobile coverage in rural and isolated areas via the part-public funding of masts. Read more...

WRC-15 has agreed to put spectrum for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) on the agenda for WRC-19. These include applications that could alert motorists about upcoming hazards, and could one day include networks that support self-driving cars. Read more...

Japan has assigned spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band for TD-LTE services. Read more...

The chair of WRC-15 Festus Daudu has urged delegations to be more cooperative over the identification of spectrum for IMT. Read more...

The Israeli and Palestinian governments have reached an agreement that will see Palestinian mobile operators gain exclusive licences for spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band. Read more...

One more week to go to find agreement on Agenda Item 1.1 Read more...

We round up some of the issues that will be tackled in the final week of WRC-15. Read more...

Speaking at the 2015 ECTA Regulatory Conference, senior representatives from the Dutch, French, and UK regulators rejected calls from the European Commission and two telcos for moves to centralise spectrum decision making in Europe. Read more...

Anna Strezynska, the former head of Poland’s telecoms regulator UKE, has been appointed to the post of Minister of Administration and Digitisation in the country’s new government. Read more...

France's mobile operators have agreed to pay €2.796 billion for 2 x 30 MHz in the 700 MHz band after a two-day allocation round of a first price package clock auction. Read more...