Xavier Niel, founder and chief executive of French telecoms firm Iliad, has written to the country's industry minster Eric Besson to ask for a planned auction of spectrum suitable for 4G services to be delayed. Read more...

A group of private sector ISPs is challenging the legality of 3G networks being built out by Lebanon’s two state-owned operators, Alfa and MTC, on the grounds that they have not been awarded spectrum and operating licences in accordance with telecommunications laws. Read more...

Following 41 bidding rounds over four days of auction, two of Hong Kong’s five mobile operators walked away with 2 x 5 MHz lots of prime sub-1 GHz spectrum at a total cost of just under HK$2 billion ($251 million). Read more...

Cross-border spectrum coordination problems are tricky but can be solved with a mix of technology and good neighbourly relations, regulators say. Read more...

The European Commission has proposed EU spectrum policy priorities for the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12). Topping the list is cross-border coordination of the use of the digital dividend 800 MHz band. Read more...

The French government is to commission a study on the long-term spectrum needs of the electronic communications, audiovisual and emergency and security sectors. Read more...

Latvia's Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced on March 23 that it was abandoning plans to auction off rights to use 2.5 - 2.69 GHz spectrum for LTE services starting January 1, 2014 after the unnamed enterprise which had asked for an auction withdrew its request. Read more...

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The Polish regulator is reworking its tender for licences in the 1710 - 1730 MHz and 1805 - 1825 MHz bands following adverse court rulings. Read more...

If, and it’s a big if, AT&T’s proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA goes ahead, it will not only leapfrog Verizon to become the country’s leading mobile network operator but also hold by far the largest balanced portfolio of spectrum of any operator. Read more...