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The European Commission has called for a new common regulatory approach to spectrum sharing in the EU in order to maximise the benefits of next-generation wireless technologies such as LTE.

The industry believes that regulation rather than technology is the biggest obstacle for its development, according to a survey undertaken for a new PolicyTracker report.

The decision by the Nigerian government to merge the country’s telecoms and broadcasting regulators will have a major impact on how spectrum is managed and assigned, with the country’s mobile…

Despite behind-the-scenes negotiations that are reportedly going on between the UK’s four mobile operators, Everything Everywhere has revealed details of its LTE 1800 plans which include a full commercial launch…

UK regulator Ofcom has just published its latest report on the findings of its research into whether and how LTE user equipment in the top part of the 800 MHz…

Our top story this month tackles UK regulator Ofcom's decision to allow mobile operator Everything Everywhere to repurpose its 1800 MHz spectrum for LTE use. We also consider the DoJ…

Worldwide LTE roaming is still years away, according to the equipment and component manufacturers whose technologies will enable it. However, roaming between specific countries and regions is already starting to…

QUASAR reports on the business and regulatory case for services using secondary access to spectrum such as TV white spaces are useful but flawed, several observers told PolicyTracker.

Services using secondary access to spectrum are feasible from a business and regulatory standpoint if several issues are resolved, the QUASAR research project said in reports published over the summer.

Romania’s National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has accepted all five applications it received to take part in a multi-band auction next month.

As expected, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved plans by Verizon Wireless to buy, swap and divest Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum licences in a move aimed at…

The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (Ficora) has issued a radio licence for a large-scale cognitive radio trial using the white spaces in the 470–790 MHz broadcast spectrum band.

UK regulator Ofcom’s decision to let Everything Everywhere (EE) refarm its 1800 MHz spectrum and use it for LTE has predictably enraged its competitors. EE’s sale of 2 x 15…

The US wireless industry will begin testing the potential of the 1755–1780 MHz band for commercial mobile broadband services following the 14 August approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)…

Plans by Verizon Wireless to buy 122 Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum licences won US Department of Justice (DoJ) approval last week, with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expected to…