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Our top story this month tackles the debate between those who think US federal spectrum should be cleared for commercial wireless use and those who favour spectrum sharing. We also…

European policymakers urgently need to develop a more coherent approach to the question of licence renewal, says Vodafone’s public policy director Richard Feasey.

The communications committee of Britain’s unelected upper House of Parliament, the House of Lords, has published a report which is highly critical of the government’s broadband strategy while making some…

Ireland’s telecoms regulator has published spectrum trading proposals in the form of a consultation document which should be of interest to other European regulators following the European Commission’s RSPP decision…

Contrasting US reports published this month highlighted the deep divide between those who think US federal spectrum should be cleared for commercial wireless use and those who favour spectrum sharing.

Although some believe the future for mobile telecoms lies in network sharing in one form or another, others worry that too much togetherness could stifle competition.

UK regulator Ofcom has published a decision on the much-delayed 800 MHz/2.6GHz auction following a series of consultations, and plans to put it before Parliament “in the autumn” following a…

The US is ahead of other countries in rolling out fixed white space applications but mobile technologies will be harder to deploy, says FCC Office of Engineering and Technology Chief…

After years of disputes and delays, Thailand’s relatively new telecoms and broadcasting regulator appears now to be firmly in control of spectrum allocations and is promising to hold the long-awaited…

Following a request for expressions of interest in acquiring 2.1 GHz spectrum, the Norwegian telecoms regulator has concluded that demand exceeds the available supply and decided to hold an auction.

Romania’s telecoms regulator has delayed its planned multiband 4G auction for two months and set a new provisional start date of 10 September 2012, with potential participants having until 13…

Following a flurry of activity late last year and early this year as South African regulator ICASA tried to push through its proposals for the assignment by beauty contest of…

The 2012 Spectrum Act established a $1.75 billion fund to help defray broadcasters’ moving costs as channels are repacked in the broadcast spectrum after the first incentive auction, Federal Communications…

Our top story this month is the growing interest in creating a single mobile network which would be shared by all operators. We examine the regulatory issues this would raise…

While sharing infrastructure is not a new concept for mobile operators, several factors, including the global financial meltdown, are forcing them to cozy up to each other in new ways…