by Eric Fournier
Eric Fournier, chairman of the Electronic Communications Committee, outlines what the agency is doing to assist the progress of mobile broadband. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
An exact picture will only emerge when Ofcom releases more details about the UK 4G auction but at the moment values seem to be lower than comparable European countries. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The European Commission will press for a “sustainable long-term solution” for the 700 MHz band that will accommodate broadcasting and mobile services, Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes said at the 20 February plenary meeting of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG). Read more...
by Martin Sims
The amount raised was the average of our upper and lower estimate: much less than the government's projection! Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
The consultants hired by the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to auction 3G mobile phone licences have engaged lawyers to take legal action over the non-payment of their fees. Read more...
by Martin Sims
Pakistan has been trying to auction 3G spectrum since 2006. Why has it failed three times? PolicyTracker’s Managing Director, Martin Sims, has had an inside view… Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has awarded five licences for spectrum suitable for LTE services in the 1800 MHz band to mobile operators P4 and PTC. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
The UK regulator is proposing to auction a licence allowing the temporary establishment of digital terrestrial television (DTT) multiplexes in the 600 MHz band. The band was freed up by the switch to digital broadcasting, completed in 2012. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
Microsoft has teamed up with local partners to launch a pilot project in Kenya that will use TV white spaces to deliver low-cost wireless broadband access in previously unserved areas. The company has also launched a new spectrum observatory in Brussels. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
US mobile operators AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile have announced an agreement with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to test the feasibility of sharing 95 MHz of spectrum in the 1755-1850 MHz band. Read more...