This month we report on events at ITU Telecom World 2014, which took place in Doha in December. We also note that EU governments are still struggling to reach agreement on the European Commission's proposed telecoms package and provide updates on Austria, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Kenya, Russia, Tanzania and… Read more...

A number of organisations have developed methods of transmitting and receiving at the same time on the same frequency. These 'full duplex' technologies promise a doubling in capacity, but perhaps all is not so rosy. Read more...

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As the use of drones for everything from shopping deliveries to life-saving medical services increases, the question of what spectrum they will use for communications is becoming more urgent. Read more...

Canada's industry minister James Moore has unveiled a set of measures that aim to repurpose a large amount of spectrum for mobile broadband. Read more...

BT is planning its own "alternative" mobile network, yet looks set to buy a "traditional" mobile operator. How does that compute? Read more...

A combination of an auction and an administrative assignment of spectrum in the 2 GHz band has allowed China Mobile to enter Hong Kong's 3G market. The incumbent operators were able to renew most of their 3G spectrum for amounts close to the reserve price. Read more...

T-Mobile Austria has been unsuccessful in its legal battle over last year's expensive spectrum contest. Read more...

Tanzania's minister for communication, science and technology says the country's phased digital switchover will be completed by March 2015. Read more...

Nikolay Nikiforov was speaking at a "high level debate" at ITU Telecom World which had as its theme: "Disrupt or be Disrupted to Make Broadband Universal". Read more...