Experts say the ever-present machine-to-machine communications envisaged as the next stage of internet development needs dedicated spectrum but the European Commission disagrees. Read more...

Denmark’s new Frequency Act, which brings in a secondary market for radio frequencies and introduces a new fee structure for spectrum usage, came into effect on January 1, 2010. Read more...

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Consolidation might be the name of the game for the mobile industry in developed markets, but in Uganda the country’s seventh mobile operator has just launched, hot on the heels of the sixth. Read more...

Digital terrestrial television has been a huge hit in the Netherlands, where 83% of homes subscribe to cable. It's proving popular in urban as well as rural areas and in a country of 16 million people Digitenne expects nearly a million customers by the end of the year. Read more...

A row over public sector spectrum has pulled the plug on Ukraine's 2GHz auction. The issue is now before the country's constitutional court but the regulator hopes to relaunch the process soon. Read more...

Microsoft and non-governmental bodies are lobbying for cognitive access to India's airwaves. With much of its spectrum government-controlled and under-utilised they believe the country is fertile ground for the technology. Read more...

With their relatively small home markets at or near saturation point, three cash-rich Arabian Gulf mobile operators have spread their wings in the past few years to expand in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. 2010 will see more of the same. Read more...

Commercial and Chinese government interests are ramping up efforts to clear the way for TDD mobile technologies in UHF. Their favoured TD-SCDMA standard should now be available in over two hundred Chinese cities with a drive underway to introduce it in other markets ranging from Korea to Ghana. Read more...