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Four of Pakistan’s mobile operators have spent the equivalent of $1.1 billion on licences to use 80 MHz of spectrum in the 1800 MHz and 2.1 GHz bands.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will act to protect low-power TV (LPTV) stations in the 2015 spectrum incentive auction, according to the head of its media bureau William Lake.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is due to vote in May on the main rules for the broadcast TV spectrum incentive auction, senior agency officials said in an 18 April…

Microsoft has released all the source code for the Microsoft Spectrum Observatory under an open source software licence, a move that the company hopes “will increase opportunity for collaboration with…

The German regulator plans to take back some of the spectrum owned by a combined Telefónica/E-Plus and put it to auction.

The UK regulator has made a decision on the former Ministry of Defence bands that it plans to auction in 2015/2016.

An EU-backed research project says the focus will be on higher frequencies for the next generation of mobile technology.

Silver Spring Networks says it will be able to compete more aggressively in European markets now that a significant standardisation process has reached an important milestone.

European Commission (EC) efforts to create a digital single market moved forward on 3 April when the European Parliament adopted the “connected continent” package in its plenary session.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will auction 65 MHz of spectrum for mobile broadband and free up 100 MHz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band for high-capacity Wi-Fi and…

There is a growing sense that governments see commercial mobile networks as a key part of the critical communications industry.

Channel sharing in a single 6 MHz radio frequency channel is feasible, according to the results of a pilot scheme run by two Los Angeles television stations. The question now…

We asked consultant Simon Saunders to assess the merits of two proposed methods for using spectrum more efficiently.

In this month's issue we assess the financial implications of European Parliament proposals to impose a minimum duration of 25 years on all spectrum licences. We also interview the chair…

UK leadership in international spectrum talks is waning, leaving the country “responsive rather than proactive,” says Jim Norton, chair of the UK Spectrum Policy Forum.