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The UK regulator is proposing to auction a licence allowing the temporary establishment of digital terrestrial television (DTT) multiplexes in the 600 MHz band. The band was freed up by…

Microsoft has teamed up with local partners to launch a pilot project in Kenya that will use TV white spaces to deliver low-cost wireless broadband access in previously unserved areas.…

US mobile operators AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile have announced an agreement with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to test the feasibility of sharing 95 MHz of spectrum in the…

Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) is preparing to auction spectrum in the 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. The regulator has opted for a unique approach to…

Our lead story this month assesses the responses to the FCC's plans for spectrum incentive auctions. We also examine auction plans in Australia, Iceland, Myanmar, Pakistan, Singapore and Uruguay, consider…

UK public broadcaster the BBC has renewed its call for the regulator Ofcom to abandon its plan to make the corporation pay for the spectrum it uses.

Broadcasters and wireless microphone operators remain cautious about FCC incentive auction plans, but there's strong support from the wireless and other sectors for more unlicensed spectrum, responses filed in the…

The US and UK have so far been the trailblazers in opening the way for wireless broadband in the TV white spaces (TVWS). But now Japanese companies have developed prototype…

A recent consultation and public hearing held by Brazilian regulator Anatel suggest the country could be moving closer to the deregulated introduction of femtocells.

Telefonica has reached an agreement with the Peruvian government to renew its licences in the 850 and 1900 MHz bands for a further 18 years, but with stricter conditions.

UK regulator Ofcom announced this morning that the country’s “4G” auction is underway, with all seven bidders that qualified to take part still involved in the process.

Expressions of interest from operators around the world are expected in two new mobile licences to be awarded via beauty contest by the government of Myanmar (Burma), the last major…

German regulator the Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) has published a discussion paper presenting possible scenarios for future mobile spectrum allocations. The scenarios focus in particular on the 900 and 1800 MHz GSM…

Uruguayan regulator URSEC has published the details of its planned spectrum auction, due to be held on 13 March 2013. The auction will see three bands auctioned, with a total…

Singapore’s telecoms regulator has published a detailed decision on auctioning the 1800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands specifically for 4G services later this year, while also announcing its plans for…