by Dugie Standeford
Swedish mobile operators anxious to roll out 4G services in the 900 MHz band are being stalled by a lawsuit and an antitrust investigation. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
The decision by O2, acting independently of the UK’s other mobile operators, to appeal to the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) in an attempt to get immediate permission to refarm its 900 MHz spectrum appears to have put both regulator Ofcom and the new coalition government on the back foot. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT) Read more...
by Scott Billquist
Crunch time may be approaching for administrations following more than a decade of preparations and decisions on enhancing the radio regulatory framework, says ITU Radiocommunication Bureau (BR) Director Valery Timofeev in an interview with Policy Tracker. He adds that continuing to use the enhanced monitoring efforts in a recent BR… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
South African regulator ICASA sticks to its hybrid auction plan, with several key changes. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
A number of countries in the Asia Pacific region are working to harmonise key parameters for a different, and larger, digital dividend band to the 790-862 MHz earmarked for non-broadcast uses after analogue switch off in most of Europe. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
What is believed to be the world’s first spectrum auction conducted through an online auction house has been proclaimed a success by regulator Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (NPT). Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
It's twenty five years since the FCC approved the regulation which kickstarted the mass market use of unlicensed spectrum. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
The consensus amongst spectrum consultants is that the recent spate of auctions in Europe have mainly resulted in good results for operators, disappointing revenues for governments and, possibly, few benefits for consumers. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
After a ten year investigation the Interphone study has found no conclusive evidence that mobile phone use causes brain cancer. New research will continue this work but will take another ten years to reach a conclusion. Read more...