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From next week, the "Personal Handy Phone System" (PHS) will no longer be legal in Hong Kong. Those who keep using it could face a fine of up to HK$50,000…

The plus-or-minus two years’ leeway around the 2020 deadline for broadcasters’ relocation to the lower UHF band is under discussion in the Council and likely to make it into law,…

Provisions for wireless power transfer (WPT) in an existing ETSI standard for short range devices have been exceeded in a recent test and the section in the standard relating to…

US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says it aims to make 126 MHz of near-nationwide spectrum available in the 600 MHz band in the upcoming incentive auction - 50…

Speaking at an ETSI event, European Commission representatives echoed the view of telecoms industry experts who said that other sectors were not showing much interest in 5G yet.

Mobile operators would like to see more consistency in the management of spectrum across Europe, in particular on licence duration, fees and assignment timeframes.

Much of the public sector spectrum to be made available by the UK government in the next six years is to be shared rather than released, according to government official…

Innovators who come up with ground-breaking technologies that boost spectrum efficiency could win part of a pot of $5 million under legislation working its way through the US Congress.

EE’s head of spectrum Inge Hansen wants base station landlords to be prevented from “holding the company to ransom".

UK regulator Ofcom has published its “initial conclusions” from the strategic review of digital communications it launched in 2015.

The UK regulator recently published its spectrum sharing framework, which it will use to assess the suitability of bands for sharing. The first band it has proposed for sharing is…

Self-interested mobile data predictions by technology companies combined with the loss of TV spectrum could turn public service broadcasting (PSB) principles into a footnote in European history, according to a…

French regulator ARCEP is looking for organisations to conduct trials in the 2.6 GHz TDD and 3.5 GHz bands to help determine the best uses for them before an auction…

Australia's Department of Communications (DoC) has unveiled reforms that seek to clarify the roles of the department, its minister and regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) in spectrum…

In this issue we assess the European Commission's legal bid to exert greater control over Europe's negotiating positions at future World Radiocommunication Conferences. And if the UK chooses to leave…