In a move which has astonished everybody and angered the country’s already frustrated mobile operators, the Indian government has postponed the February 3G auction until the autumn. Read more...

While India continues to postpone its 3G auction, the story in neighbouring countries is quite different with several being years ahead and the rest on track for 3G this year. Read more...

A leading member of the Telecoms Regulatory Authority (TRA) has called for a single body to take responsibility for licensing and monitoring mobile base stations in order to speed up and standardise the approvals process. Read more...

Thanks to quick action from regulators and legislators in Middle Eastern countries, Oman Air is about to become the first airline in the world to offer full connectivity on all its flights. Read more...

Several countries are developing systems which use airships to provide last mile communications. The next WRC has the task of identifying spectrum for these devices while protecting satellite and radio astronomy services. Read more...

Such is the complexity and political sensitivity of creating the much-touted national broadband plan in the US, that communications regulator the FCC has had to delay delivery of the document. The Justice Department, meanwhile, says any spectrum release must favour new entrants. Read more...

Up to a million wireless microphone users have been given until June this year by US regulator the FCC to vacate the 700 MHz Digital Dividend spectrum which is to be used for the provision of 4G wireless broadband services. Read more...

WIK-Consult's Kenneth Carter believes they can and has put forward a model for “next generation spectrum regulation” which he claims will assign frequencies more efficiently and help regulators make technology and service neutrality a reality. Read more...

There has been an enthusiastic response to Mexico’s upcoming auction of 120 MHz of spectrum in the 1.7 and 1.9 GHz bands, with this possibly being the last chance for new entrants in the country’s cellular market. Read more...

The European Commission has submitted its proposals for a harmonised band of digital dividend spectrum to the World Trade Organisation. Read more...