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The comprehensive rejection by a US appeals court of their challenge to the spectrum incentive auction may not be game over for broadcasters, but it does set a high bar…

Italy may struggle to meet a possible 2022 deadline to make the 700 MHz band available for mobile broadband, according to a representative from its regulator.

According to figures presented at the Small Cells World event recently, 11.2 million small cells had been shipped globally by the end of 2014, compared to 176 million Wi-Fi access…

Chip designer Qualcomm has introduced a new technology intended to combine the business models of Wi-Fi providers with the technology of mobile operators.

A US dispute between a company that wants to make robot lawnmowers and radio astronomers may seem silly, but astronomers say it highlights the growing threat to space observation from…

Negotiations over the emergency services network (ESN) contract to provide the UK's emergency services with broadband communications will conclude at the end of this week, PolicyTracker understands.

Mobile operators' spectrum strategies should be flexible and licences should be neutral in order to take account of the mismatch between licence lengths and business plans, according to Orange's director…

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.