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French telecoms regulator ARCEP has issued its first conclusions following a consultation on plans for managing spectrum to enable superfast mobile broadband services.

“Flexible harmonisation” seems to be the favoured approach to spectrum for public protection and disaster relief (PPDR), according to documents prepared ahead of WRC-15 and various other reports. There is…

Francois Rancy has given a press conference at the conclusion of the second Conference Preparatory Meeting, explaining the areas of consensus and disagreement.

Featured this month: the European Commission's attempt to rejuvenate EU spectrum harmonisation policy; calls for a mobile allocation in 2.7-2.9 GHz; whether more licence-free bands are needed in Europe; and…

The auction has ended but the criticism hasn't: industry leaders have condemned the high prices and a legal challenge claiming the process was flawed is due to be heard on…

The European Commission has relaunched its campaign for greater pan-EU spectrum harmonisation, even though EU telecoms ministers have removed spectrum provisions from their discussion of the “telecoms single market (TSM)”…

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).