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Late last year, the anti-Apartheid campaigner and telecoms executive Andile Ngcaba advocated a radical course of action to tackle African economic dependence and under-development: the creation of a new ITU…

A company whose main assets are spectrum and intellectual property is funding research into millimetre waves (mmWaves) in the hope of developing an infrastructure ecosystem based on the spectrum it…

John Haine, RF technology innovation coordinator at the Internet of Things (IoT) chip and module-maker U-blox, told a recent conference in London that part of the 700 MHz band should…

The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) group set up by mobile operators to forge a consensus on 5G has issued a white paper outlining their vision for the new generation…

Political agreement on allocating the 700 MHz band was reached at WRC-12, but a new proposal from the Russian Federation would make the use of IMT in the band much…

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is to revisit the “designated entity” (DE) scheme that enabled two companies backed by satellite operator Dish to claim more than $3 billion in…

Half a million euros are up for grabs in a competition organised by the European Commission to make a breakthrough in decentralised spectrum sharing.

A new “space-space radar” service should be written into the Radio Regulations so that spectrum can be allocated at WRC-15 and then made available for a satellite that will clear…

Ofcom has issued compliance notices to the two holders of pan-European licences for 2 x 15 MHz in the S-band (1980–2010 MHz and 2170–2200 MHz).

Ofcom has issued compliance notices to the two holders of pan-European licences for 2 x 15 MHz in the S-band (1980–2010 MHz and 2170–2200 MHz).

The success of Wi-Fi and the expected growth of the Internet of Things has led to renewed interest in licence-exempt spectrum, but consultants hired by the European Commission have tentatively…

The GSM Association and PolicyTracker jointly organised a Q&A with Jonas Wessel, Director at the Spectrum Department in the Swedish regulator. In the following transcript, Wessel emphasises his conviction that…

Swedish regulator PTS believes the 2.7–2.9 GHz band is underused and should be jointly allocated to mobile at WRC-15.

Spectrum above 6 GHz should be considered for future 5G IMT mobile communications but not to the detriment of the satellite, broadcast, space, radio astronomy or aviation industries, said the…

Preparations for WRC-15 within regional group reveal subtle differences between Arab states and other parts of Region 1.