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Colombia’s postponed auction of 1.7/2.1 GHz AWS and 2.6 GHz spectrum is back on track with spectrum reserved for a new entrant or entrants and the market leader banned from…

French regulator ARCEP has decided to allow Bouygues Telecom to deploy LTE in the 1800 MHz band, provided the company hands back some of the spectrum it holds in the…

The Canadian government has published several important documents concerning spectrum policy, management and identification issues impacting on the development of 4G wireless broadband in the country.

Mozambique looks set to become one of the first African nations to auction the digital dividend frequencies at 790-862 MHz.

At800, an organisation created to ensure that soon-to-be-deployed 4G mobile services in the 800 MHz band don't interfere with the UK's digital terrestrial TV signals, started operating on 15 March.…

Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has confirmed it plans to auction spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz band in late 2013. However, it faces protests from those…

India’s second attempt to auction off spectrum licences confiscated by the Supreme Court last year came to an end this week with one bidder buying a limited amount of regional…

In an unprecedented show of support for the consumer and disregard for government coffers, the Czech regulator has pulled the plug on the country’s 4G spectrum auction because the bidding…

Mobile operators are unlikely to complain about the Bahraini government's decision to bar new entrants from its upcoming 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum auction. However, according…

French regulator ANFR will host a 26-27 June conference in Paris entitled “Spectrum and Innovation: Radiofrequencies a driver for economic growth.”

Our lead stories this month focus on the outcome of the UK's long-delayed 800 MHz/2.6 GHz auction. We also report on the latest plenary meeting of the RSPG and include…

UK regulator Ofcom has published the results of the assignment stage of the country’s 800 MHz/2.6 GHz auction and issued the five winning bidders with licences valid from 1 March.

Critics believe that giving spectrum to national operators falls short of spectrum nationalisation, but giving spectrum to incumbents is becoming a popular way of manipulating the market.

India’s second attempt to auction off licences confiscated last year by the country’s Supreme Court appears to have ended in failure, despite the reserve price having been slashed following a…

The US regulator plans to free 195 MHz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band to relieve the “Wi-Fi crunch” and to revamp technical rules to ensure devices in the…