The consensus seems to be that Republican control of both Houses of the US Congress will probably not lead to major changes in spectrum-related legislation and policy. However, an NAB lawsuit could affect the incentive auction. Read more...

Polish regulator UKE has relaunched its auction of spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands, despite concerns about the rules of the contest raised by the country's mobile operators during previous consultations. Read more...

UK mobile operators are opposing the government's drive to implement national roaming, even though some of their senior engineers were closely involved in IET research that concluded roaming was a good way to improve network efficiency. Read more...

The EBU's annual conference on the future of broadcasting in Europe was dominated by preparations for WRC-15. Read more...

This month we report on speculation that spectrum could be left out of the European Commission's latest package of telecoms reforms and on the delay to the US incentive auction. We also tackle the thorny of spectrum requirement forecasts and assess the growing interest in using spectrum for drones. Other… Read more...

Consortium of broadcasters argues that the report it commissioned disproves the economic case for a co-primary allocation of the UHF band. Read more...

Europe's policy makers are struggling to overcome differences of opinion on both the 700 MHz and 2 GHz bands. Read more...

The BBC is to use the Glasgow Commonwealth Games to host a demonstration of how TV white spaces (TVWS) can be used to stream both live and "on-demand" multimedia content to people's homes. Read more...

The latest development in the mobile data demand saga shows the power of ITU documents. Read more...

Abdoulkarim Soumaila, the secretary general of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), says his priorities for WRC-15 are resolving the paper satellite problem and securing the 700 MHz band. Read more...