The Hong Kong 2.6 GHz auction has closed with what's being described as a "victory for the LTE camp" Read more...

Four European countries have confirmed that they will be allocating 790-862 to non-broadcast services; three more nations could well follow suit. Read more...

A European project developing mm wave photonics says it can deliver speeds of 10Gb/s at 60GHz for last mile services as well as home networks that can support high definition television. Read more...

The UK military’s final strategy for trading or releasing spectrum holds few surprises but could offer great promise, industry representatives say. Read more...

A two-year ‘sprint’ to define the IMT-Advanced family of technologies begins in February. The US wants quick adoption of new WiMAX and CDMA variants but France and Germany say these should be treated as new interfaces. Read more...

French Prime Minister François Fillon has confirmed that the 790-862 MHz band will be allocated to electronic communications following analogue switch-off. In practice this is expected to mean using the band for mobile broadband. Read more...

The Hong Kong Office of the Telecommunications Authority (Ofta) launched the territory’s first 4G auction today (Mon Jan 12) and after five rounds bidding had reached HK$489 million (US$63 million). Meanwhile the French Prime Minister has announced a timetable for auctioning the fourth 3G licence as well as the 2.6GHz… Read more...

A decision on whether or not the US public would get a free nationwide broadband service supported by advertising was postponed until sometime in 2009 due to pressure on the FCC from the incoming administration. Read more...

It was hyped as the “hundred-year auction”, selling off large chunks of prime spectrum freed up by the switch from analogue to digital broadcasting, but the jury is still out on many aspects of last March’s US 700MHz auction. Read more...

The July contest was widely seen as Canada’s most successful spectrum auction from the point of view of both contribution to government coffers and new market entrants. Read more...