by Toby Youell
A conference in Brooklyn in the US brought academia and industry together to scrutinise these lightly used bands. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
In this month's issue we report on the FCC's proposals for next year's spectrum incentive auction and its plans for an auction of AWS-3 spectrum. We also examine the prospects for wireless mesh networks, broadband-broadcast convergence and 5G. Other updates focus on Chile, Finland, Mexico, Pakistan, Sweden and the UK. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The domino theory was very popular in its day. Much cited by US policymakers between the 1950s and 80s, it speculated that if one state fell under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would inevitably follow in a “domino effect”. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The authorisation follows an unsuccessful attempt to auction 700 MHz spectrum in October last year. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The US regulator has launched a final consultation on rules for making 100 MHz of spectrum available in the 3550-3650 MHz (3.5 GHz) band under a three-tiered sharing model. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
Four of Pakistan’s mobile operators have spent the equivalent of $1.1 billion on licences to use 80 MHz of spectrum in the 1800 MHz and 2.1 GHz bands. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has just released part of the 5 GHz band, but in Europe a similar process is likely to be a marathon not a sprint. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will act to protect low-power TV (LPTV) stations in the 2015 spectrum incentive auction, according to the head of its media bureau William Lake. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is due to vote in May on the main rules for the broadcast TV spectrum incentive auction, senior agency officials said in an 18 April press call. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
Microsoft has released all the source code for the Microsoft Spectrum Observatory under an open source software licence, a move that the company hopes “will increase opportunity for collaboration with academics, governments and others interested in learning more about how wireless spectrum is used”. Read more...