A liberalised market should stimulate innovation, provide better services to customers and allow spectrum to migrate to the most economically valuable uses. In the first of two articles we ask if 28GHz in the UK is a liberalisation success story. The band was sold at around 200 times its current… Read more...

28GHz is now coming back into use and in this second article on the band we get the perspective of the companies offering the new services. These include a WiMAX network and the development of the UK’s first non-PMSE band managers. Is this sufficient innovation to make up for the… Read more...

EU member states may be prepared to compromise on giving a "European dimension" to the EU's new radio spectrum policy regime, according to an internal document obtained by Policy Tracker. Read more...

The EU Radio Spectrum Policy Group has proposed best practices for the use of public sector spectrum for defence, public safety and transport. The opinion stresses spectrum-sharing, technology and service neutrality, and recognition that public sector does not always take precedence over commercial use. Read more...

Dániel Pataki, the head of the EU spectrum advisory group is urging his fellow regulators to release former analogue TV bands for mobile services. The RSPG is currently working on an opinion about the digital dividend, which is due to be delivered in May. Read more...

Arqiva, which transmits the programmes for all the UK terrestrial broadcasters, has bought JFMG, which manages spectrum for wireless microphones and programme making services (PMSE). Read more...

Despite the uncertainty over passing the telecoms package in this parliament MEPs and the Commission appear united in an effort to persuade national governments to adopt a more coordinated approach to the released analogue TV frequencies. Read more...

The proposals to bring the UK into line with other European countries over the release of analogue TV spectrum could put some manufacturers out of business, according to a representative from the wireless mic community. Read more...

Ofcom’s new proposals to harmonise the 800MHz band with other European countries have been met with delight by the mobile telecoms industry, but other parties want more details about compensation before giving their approval. Read more...

China’s Ministry of Information Industry Technology has approved the use of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology in the country with immediate effect. Read more...