Czech regulator ČTU is planning to launch an auction of spectrum in the 3.6 GHz band this year, according to Jaromír Novák, head of the Czech Telecommunication Office. Read more...

The US should move to administrative incentive pricing (AIP) by making spectrum allocation decisions an integral part of budget planning and creating a government corporation to lease spectrum to federal agencies, the Technology Policy Institute (TPI) says. Read more...

The Chilean 700 MHz auction was the first in the band in South America but does not yet appear to be the drop that starts the waterfall. Read more...

The new working group, FM 54, will publish a report that should help to outline a solution to growing interference problems. Read more...

Malcolm Harbour MEP told industry leaders that people who want to use the airwaves for innovative ideas should get free access to spectrum. Read more...

Requiring member states to retrospectively extend the term of mobile licences would be good news for operators. Read more...

Iridium's plans for its new constellation of satellites appear to scuttle radio astronomers' hopes that they will be able to use the 1610.6–1613.8 MHz band without restrictions. Read more...

European harmonisation in the telecoms market is a solution in search of a problem, says Richard Feasey, former public policy director for Vodafone. Read more...

Committee approves telecoms package that includes provisions on spectrum, but provisions on net neutrality could blow it off course. Read more...

The UK's public spending watchdog says that some mobile operators paid less than market value in the country's auction of spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Read more...