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The research director at the world's biggest infrastructure provider has told PolicyTracker that 5G IMT services will require additional spectrum in the 10, 15 and 30 GHz bands.

The UK regulator has confirmed that it intends to hold another consultation on its annual licence fees for the GSM bands.

Verizon, Qualcomm and Ericsson are seeking approval from the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to field-trial spectrum sharing technology in the 3550-3650 MHz band.

The merged entity will lose its 900 MHz and 1800 MHz licences in 2015 not 2016, but could buy them back at auction.

Work on LTE "as is" in unlicensed bands has been set aside as industry works on a consensus over the need for "Listen Before Talk" features in the LTE-U standard.

Exclusive licences for IMT are often assigned through an auction mechanism but two researchers claim that future licensed shared access (LSA) assignments should be primarily conducted through a modified form…

South Africa's failure to set rules for secondary spectrum trading could affect proposed deals involving four of South Africa's major mobile providers and anger smaller players, according to one telecoms…

A UK company that provides core technology for 60 GHz backhaul solutions for small cells has told PolicyTracker that legislation is making their solutions much more expensive to implement in…

The Colombian government and its independent spectrum regulator have jointly published a report identifying 1440 MHz of spectrum that could be used for IMT.

BBC tests live UHDTV on both DTT and IP platforms at global sporting event.

Rules for TV white space (TVWS) operations approved by Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) will open up around 180 MHz of spectrum, potentially helping to turn the state into a…

A new study of spectrum policy in France advocates the use of licensed shared access (LSA) in the 2.3 GHz band and the appointment of a "spectrum commissioner".

A study presented at a European Commission workshop on broadband/broadcast convergence tentatively concludes that an economic and technical case has yet to be made for such convergence in the UHF…

US federal agencies have until May 2015 to reveal their actual use of a total of 960 MHz of spectrum, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said in its…

The European Commission has approved Telefonica Deutschland's proposed takeover of KPN's German subsidiary E-Plus.