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Venezuelan regulator Conatel held public hearings in May to discuss what spectrum will be auctioned off this year. Read more...

Swiss regulator the Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) has delayed its “big bang” spectrum auction until the first quarter of 2012. Read more...

Argentina’s communications ministry has announced plans to auction spectrum in 800 MHz and 1900 MHz in the second half of 2011. Read more...

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The recently published opinion of the ‘Article 29 Data Protection Working Party’ on ‘Geolocation services on smart mobile devices’ concludes that generally specific opt-in user consent will be required to collect and use geolocation information for information society services. Read more...

Can spectrum bring broadband to every European citizen? Probably not! Read more...

Having derailed 3G indefinitely by upholding a petition brought by Thai state-owned operators to postpone the long-planned 2.1 GHz auction last September, the Central Administrative Court has issued a ruling which may break the 3G logjam. Read more...

The news that the two largest mobile operators in the US oppose the FCC’s decision to mandate data roaming between carriers is no surprise. The threat of legal action to try and overturn the decision could also have been predicted. But unless the FCC goes further and mandates interoperability, none… Read more...

EU telecoms ministers have backed the European Commission’s proposed negotiating stance for the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012. One key objective is cross-border use of the digital dividend 800 MHz band. Read more...