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The approval of a new antenna law by an influential Senate committee should help to boost the speed of LTE rollout in Brazil.

Middle Eastern and North African countries could see economic benefits of up to $26 billion if they use the 1.4 GHz band for a supplemental downlink for mobile broadband, according…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to make 100 MHz of spectrum in the 3550–3650 MHz band available for mobile broadband using small cell and database technologies, it said in…

China looks set to allocate more spectrum for LTE and award licences to the country’s three operators earlier than expected.

The telecoms regulators of two small countries on opposite sides of the world have bucked the international trend of calling what the ITU defines as 3G services 4G, and told…

In a response to a government consultation on spectrum management until 2016, a New Zealand telecoms consultant has attacked the country’s management rights regime as being inefficient and bad for…

The UK government’s prediction that it will be able to raise £3.5 billion from an auction of 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum early in 2013 looks rather optimistic when…

Our top story this month asks whether network sharing can bring network operators into conflict with competition law. We also report from the 4th Annual Internet of Things Europe conference…

The year-long debate on the barring of dominant Colombian mobile operator, America Movil’s Claro unit, from the new AWS and 2.5 GHz auction appears to be nearing its conclusion with…

Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has announced plans to hold an auction of spectrum in the 420–422 MHz band in its recently published regulatory strategy document.

As the momentum builds towards the release of a second digital dividend (DD2) in the 700 MHz band in Europe and some other regions where the first dividend is at…

In our second report from this month’s 4th Annual Internet of Things Europe conference in Brussels, we focus on progress in Europe towards establishing a policy framework for the Internet…

Using white space devices (WSDs) in the UK could be legalised in mid-2013, according to a provisional schedule set out by regulator Ofcom in its latest consultation.

The US regulator's current approach to assigning common carrier licences in the 11, 18 and 23 GHZ bands has generally ensured that licences are available and encouraged spectrum efficiency, the…

The much-delayed Pakistan 3G auction is officially back on again and set to take place in early 2013 following the hiring of a team of consultants by regulator the Pakistan…