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Economists have had a love affair with the mobile sector. Frustrated by years of struggling with fixed line telecoms – where competition was inevitably limited by the incumbent’s ownership of…

Magdalena Gaj, head of Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), has announced that the country’s long-awaited 1800 MHz spectrum auction will be launched in late July 2012. This latest move…

Denmark’s 800 MHz auction has ended with three of the four mobile operators who picked up 2.6 GHz spectrum in May 2010 also winning licences in the lower band. This…

Electric cars that recharge wirelessly as you drive along the motorway or wait at traffic lights. Context-aware mobile devices that automatically text your spouse when you’re nearly home or order…

Administered incentive pricing (AIP) has led to more efficient spectrum use, according to Ofcom’s director of international spectrum policy Chris Woolford.

Market-based spectrum management policies are the only way to meet the burgeoning demand for mobile broadband and innovation, Intel executive director for communications and associate general counsel Peter Pitsch said…

Fear of litigation appears to have induced a state of paralysis in the UK ministry responsible for telecommunications and regulator Ofcom when it comes to releasing spectrum for LTE.

Europe must move much faster to square competing the spectrum demands of broadcasters and mobile operators if it is to avoid being left behind in the global debate on the…

The Australian government has put back the date of its proposed 4G spectrum auction from November 2012 to April 2013, citing a need to “maximise product certainty for bidders prior…

Saudi Arabia should release internationally harmonised band plans of 140 MHz of spectrum at 2.6 GHz and at least 60 MHz of digital dividend spectrum at 800 MHz, according to…

The ITU has set the ball rolling on Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) with a new draft recommendation on standards, but it might be impossible for terrestrial broadcasters to support…

The 50 MHz block of broadband spectrum in the 4.9 GHz band allocated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to public safety use in 2002 hasn't met its full potential,…

Brazil’s main mobile operators have paid a total of BRL 2.72 billion ($1.3 billion) for spectrum in the 2.6 GHz band but snubbed the spectrum on offer in the 450…

Pakistan’s long-awaited 3G auction, which was “definitely” going to go ahead in March this year, is now on indefinite hold and unlikely to take place before general elections, which must…

The US and Mexico have agreed to share spectrum in the 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz bands along their joint border, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on 8 June.