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Pressure is growing in the ‘capital of Europe’ for the relaxation of environmental restrictions that are preventing the launch of 4G services.

Helen Goodman MP, the telecoms spokesperson for the UK's opposition Labour party, has clarified her position on the country’s recent spectrum auction, having initially appeared to criticise regulator Ofcom for…

Only a very few countries, such as Switzerland, the UK and the USA, reflect their stated policy goals directly in their spectrum pricing regimes, a white paper published by SBR…

Jamaica and Austria are actively seeking new mobile operators, their regulators said in recently published spectrum auction documents.

The UK's official weather forecaster, the Met Office, has warned that plans to free up spectrum for short-range devices such as smart meters could cause serious interference problems with some…

The Czech Republic's established mobile operators are up in arms over the Czech Telecommunications Office’s new proposed auction rules, which are now out for consultation.

A public hearing held by the regulator Anatel late last month suggested Brazil was moving towards adoption of the 700 MHz APT band plan.

Tests to determine the extent to which 4G mobile services in the 800 MHz band interfere with the UK's digital terrestrial TV (DTT) signals have uncovered fewer problems than expected…

Our lead story this month assesses the potential for a wholesale network to be established in the 700 MHz band in Mexico. Other stories ask why the Czech 4G auction…

A Google-led trial in South Africa could encourage regulators there and in other emerging economies to see the value of TV white space spectrum for wireless broadband, participants claim.

The UK regulator’s proposal not to apply Administered Incentive Pricing (AIP) to TV until 2020 is a step too far, according to a leading academic and AIP proponent.

Supporters of LTE Broadcast technology say it offers mobile operators the opportunity to use their spectrum more efficiently. But is the technology all it’s cracked up to be, and are…

The Czech telecoms regulator and its consultant for the recent abandoned auction have differing views on whether the auction rules were faulty and whether they need to be changed to…

Would-be wholesale network operator Alestra believes the recent changes in telecoms regulation in Mexico will open the door to a wholesale network in the 700 MHz band.

Uruguay’s auction of 900, 1900 MHz and AWS spectrum came to a reasonably successful end earlier this month.