by Michael Newlands
The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (Ficora) has issued a radio licence for a large-scale cognitive radio trial using the white spaces in the 470–790 MHz broadcast spectrum band. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
UK regulator Ofcom’s decision to let Everything Everywhere (EE) refarm its 1800 MHz spectrum and use it for LTE has predictably enraged its competitors. EE’s sale of 2 x 15 MHz of spectrum to Hutchison’s Three network has also gone down badly with Vodafone and O2. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The US wireless industry will begin testing the potential of the 1755–1780 MHz band for commercial mobile broadband services following the 14 August approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of a special temporary authority (STA) request. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Plans by Verizon Wireless to buy 122 Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum licences won US Department of Justice (DoJ) approval last week, with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expected to follow suit. Read more...
by Lee Sanders
Momentum is growing for the 700 MHz band to be used for mobile in Europe, but with the on-going awards of the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands, is it really needed? Read more...
by Michael Newlands
The Vietnam Military Telecommunications Group (Viettel) has continued its accelerating overseas expansion after winning a tender for a 900 MHz licence in Peru. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
The Indian government has finally announced the key decisions that will permit the auction of the 800 and 1800 MHz spectrum vacated following the withdrawal of 122 regional licences which the country’s supreme court ruled had been corruptly awarded in 2008. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
US political rivalries could derail a bill before the US Senate that aims to create a comprehensive spectrum inventory of every band from 300 MHz to 6.5 GHz. Read more...