Some argue there is a greater need than ever before for exclusivity in the form of liberal licences, while others say the focus must be on new models for spectrum access. Read more...

The GSM Association (GSMA) and industry players aim to tidy up international regulations agreed during the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07) and may press for more spectrum for IMT services, according to Simon Wilson, spectrum policy manager at Telefónica. Read more...

China Mobile has won the licence to provide mobile TV in Hong Kong following two days of bidding at auction against two rivals. Read more...

The Australian government is to release 126 MHz of analogue broadcasting spectrum as a digital dividend, which is 54 MHz more than harmonised EU proposals and 22 MHz more than neighbouring Asia Pacific countries. Read more...

Allocating some of Serbia's digital dividend spectrum to non-broadcasting uses will provide a higher total welfare value than if the whole of the dividend is allocated to broadcasting and all other users simply keep the spectrum they have now. Read more...

President Barack Obama has signed a memorandum committing the US government to the goal of making another 500 MHz of spectrum available in the country by the end of the decade – nearly doubling the total amount available for wireless technologies. Read more...

Satellite operators are fighting to hold on to the top part of the C-Band for their exclusive use while also trying to avoid interference from new entrants who have been allowed access further down the band. Read more...

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Refarming the GSM bands is raising a number of questions in several countries and there seem to be no simple answers on offer, even in those countries where the process has been a success. Read more...

European plans for use of the 800 MHz digital dividend have come a long way but many challenges remain, regulators and analysts say. Read more...