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Australia's Department of Communications has published its Spectrum Review Report. The report, which has been the subject of consultations for the past year, focuses on simplified processes and greater opportunities…

The smart grids industry is organising itself to secure spectrum through both regulatory and standardisation bodies.

UK regulator Ofcom has released an update of its plans to auction 190 MHz of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz band.

Chipset designer Qualcomm has told PolicyTracker it will trade its L-band holding (1452–1492 MHz) following EU-level harmonisation of the band for supplemental downlink (SDL) and UK regulator Ofcom's decision to…

Jennifer Manner, vice president for regulatory affairs at Echostar, which holds one of the two much-criticised pan-European 2 GHz band MSS licences, has told PolicyTracker she wants to see greater…

This month we report on the European Commission's digital single market strategy and on European progress towards making the L-band available for supplemental downlink (SDL). We also assess the state…

The 12 May rail crash that killed eight people in the US city of Philadelphia has spurred many questions, including whether the lag in acquiring of spectrum for positive train…

The UK is the first Member State to comply after the European Commission ruled that all states must make 1452 – 1492 MHz available within 6 months.

The open-source initiative, called BigWhoop, will start by tracking planes and satellites but could go much further.

Hopes are fading for a successful deployment of white space in the richer countries and it's being suggested that the fate of the technology lies in the hands of chip-set…

Ofcom intends to have a licence-exempt regime for use of TV white spaces (TVWS) by December, according to Claire Mack, regulatory affairs manager for spectrum, telecoms and post in Scotland.

Albanian regulator sells spectrum for €6.3 million but leaves many blocks un-sold.

Proposals for an Agenda Item for WRC-19 that will identify spectrum for IMT above 6 GHz assume the next generation of mobile networks will require a new air interface. Is…

Technology that promises to allow the use of GSM networks as a secondary service in spectrum bands already assigned to uninterested operators is currently being tested in Mexico.

An auction in Canada saw nine operators gain spectrum in the 2.6 GHz band for a total of C$755.4 million ($630 million), C$478.9 million ($400 million) of which was composed…