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A Facebook employee has filed a patent stating that the firm plans to explore a “next generation data system” to connect devices using millimetre wave (mmWave) radio links as a…

Dutch communications minister Henk Kamp has pledged to put the country's digital terrestrial TV (DTT) licence up for auction this summer. The successful bidder will have to stop using the…

The ITU classifies spectrum bands as "mobile," "fixed," "broadcast" and so on. But as the boundaries between these categories blur, bands should be differentiated by the interference levels they generate,…

James Clerk Maxwell, the 19th century scientist whose theory of electromagnetic radiation was likened by Einstein to Newton’s unifying theory of physics, has lost out to Mary Somerville in the…

Pan-European regulatory body CEPT will issue a report this year on the growing problem of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS or drones) causing interference in several spectrum bands.

The UK is trying a carrot and stick approach to get rid of FM pirates: tougher enforcement matched with an innovative approach that brings down the cost of digital radio.…

Etisalat has filed a lawsuit over MTN Nigeria's acquisition of Visafone, arguing that the 800 MHz spectrum MTN gained through the deal will cement the company's dominance in Nigeria.

The PMSE industry has joined broadcasters in voicing disquiet over the European Commission's proposal, while Ericsson says SDL at 470-694 MHz is the first stage of a “graceful transition” to…

This month we report on the European Commission's proposals for the 700 MHz band and the huge disparities in opening bids for broadcasters' spectrum in the US incentive auction. There…

Two strong advocates of spectrum liberalisation recognise practical difficulties, lament the lack of innovation in Europe and make the case for reform of the ITU Radio Regulations.

In a recent report, the Thai regulator says the "flexible" payment structure of the auction, which was held last December, was one of the reasons for the high prices. One…

The Hong Kong Communications Authority (HKCA) may offer incumbents first refusal on 900 MHz and 1800 MHz spectrum where licences expire in 2020/2021, but it has also proposed an auction.

Polish minister of digitisation Anna Strezynska says the results of last year's 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz auction will stand, even though she considers the process was flawed. However, she…

This is despite Roberto Viola, director general of the European Commission’s DG Connect unit, telling a spectrum policy event in Brussels this week that digital terrestrial broadcasters were the "main…

In a PolicyTracker interview Commission vice president Andrus Ansip says broadcasters will have to move out of 700 MHz by 2020 at an estimated cost of around €667 million. He…