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New Zealand's regulator has assigned AM and FM spectrum licences using an eBay-style auction site, TradeMe.

Despite a great deal of talk over several years about the need to reallocate government-held spectrum for commercial uses in the US and UK, little has been accomplished so far.

Two recent reports published by the European Commission examine a possible expansion of mobile operators' areas of business.

Following scepticism from national telecoms ministries, the new Latvian Presidency of the Council of the EU is set to abandon the measures in the telecoms single market ("connected continent") package…

Croatian regulator Hakom has awarded most of the remaining spectrum in the 1800 MHz band to two of the country's three national operators, Tele2 and T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT).

The Asia Pacific region is heading for a significant spectrum shortfall in 2020 unless regulators take action, according to a report from consultancy Analysys Mason that was commissioned by manufacturer…

This month we report on events at ITU Telecom World 2014, which took place in Doha in December. We also note that EU governments are still struggling to reach agreement…

As the use of drones for everything from shopping deliveries to life-saving medical services increases, the question of what spectrum they will use for communications is becoming more urgent.

Canada's industry minister James Moore has unveiled a set of measures that aim to repurpose a large amount of spectrum for mobile broadband.

A combination of an auction and an administrative assignment of spectrum in the 2 GHz band has allowed China Mobile to enter Hong Kong's 3G market. The incumbent operators were…

T-Mobile Austria has been unsuccessful in its legal battle over last year's expensive spectrum contest.

Tanzania's minister for communication, science and technology says the country's phased digital switchover will be completed by March 2015.

H. Sama Nwana, chief executive of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, used a panel session at ITU Telecom World 2014 to argue that dynamic spectrum access technology could go some way…

At one panel session held at ITU Telecom World in Doha, executives from the mobile broadband, broadcast, and satellite industries sought to make the “essential case for hybrid solutions”.

Nikolay Nikiforov was speaking at a "high level debate" at ITU Telecom World which had as its theme: "Disrupt or be Disrupted to Make Broadband Universal".