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The relatively small amount of spectrum proposed to be identified for IMT (mobile broadband) by the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) at WRC-15 is being circumvented by multi-country proposals (MCPs) signed…

Two operators receive spectrum through administrative assignment.

The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) has reached consensus on allocating spectrum for wireless avionics and on clarifying regulatory procedures for small satellites.

The inter-governmental group that advises the European Commission on spectrum, the Radio Spectrum Policy Group, says a "one size fits all" approach doesn't work in spectrum policy.

Despite a firm switchover date of 2017 from FM to digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio, not many older Norwegian cars have been upgraded, industry group Digitalradio Norge says. Interest in…

The Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG), the inter-governmental group that advises the European Commission on radio spectrum matters, has proposed a bigger role for itself in the next Radio Spectrum…

The South African regulator’s plans for a simultaneous multi-round auction (SMRA) of three bands in the coming months includes a 2 x 20 MHz block in the 700 MHz band…

Two commissioners from the Federal Communications Commission confirmed in a press briefing during the first week of WRC-15 that the US is seeking a global allocation of the 470–694/8 MHz…

US 39 GHz licence holder Straight Path Communications has seen its share price cut in half following a critical report by the same firm that has questioned the value of…

An extraordinary meeting of the CEPT Working Group Frequency Management (WGFM) has approved ECC Report 218 for publication.

The world’s most important event in radio spectrum management has opened in Geneva. The event, which will run for the next four weeks at the ITU, is tasked with revising…

The ITU’s Radiocommunication Assembly (RA-15) managed to reach political agreement last week on two ITU Recommendations that the relevant study group had not agreed on. It also reached an agreement…

Shore Capital Group sells 2 x 21 MHz licence in the C-band to Deutsche Telekom for €15.4 million.

Just before WRC-15 got under way, the UK and Swiss regulators and European telecoms network operators unveiled their final positions on key agenda items. While there are many areas of…

About two thirds of the available spectrum was sold for a little more than its reserve price.