When, in December 2004, the UK became the first European country to introduce spectrum trading, there were visions of a vibrant new market emerging as it has in the US where trades worth billions of dollars a year take place. Read more...

Following the success of the 2.6GHz auction in Sweden in 2008, several more 2.6Ghz auctions are planned to take place around Europe throughout 2009. Read more...

Greater coordination of Europe’s approach to managing public sector spectrum may become a reality during 2009 with the publication in February of a Radio Spectrum Policy Group report which regulators have been working on for several months. Read more...

Several legal landmarks were laid down in the course of the year, the most important being the entry onto the statute books of the WAPECS service and technology neutral licensing regime. Read more...

In the course of 2009 a clearer picture is likely to emerge of how Europe will use the digital dividend spectrum freed up by the switch from analogue to digital broadcasting. Read more...

Considerable progress was made in 2008 towards the use of interleaved or white space spectrum between digital broadcasts in the UHF bands, although broadcasters on both sides of the Atlantic continued to try and block its use. Read more...

In this month's issue we analyse the agreement reached over the EU framework review package and assess its significance for spectrum policy. We consider the next steps in getting the measure passed and ask whether it is likely to be agreed within the lifetime of this European Parliament. Read more...

ITU member countries are considering a request to start work on two matters in the broadcasting service and to revise five others, according to a letter circulated by the Radiocommunication Bureau. Read more...

The British government is to take a new look at how to utilise the so-called Digital Dividend, spectrum freed up by the switch from analogue to digital broadcasting, according to Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling. Read more...

The US Federal Communications Commission is being accused of unlawful behaviour after cancelling a meeting scheduled for December 18. The regulator acted after receiving a letter from the incoming administration. Read more...