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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…

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Orange, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent and Arqiva all urged regulators to end any opposition to network sharing.

Eric Fournier, chairman of the Electronic Communications Committee, outlines what the agency is doing to assist the progress of mobile broadband.

An exact picture will only emerge when Ofcom releases more details about the UK 4G auction but at the moment values seem to be lower than comparable European countries.

The European Commission will press for a “sustainable long-term solution” for the 700 MHz band that will accommodate broadcasting and mobile services, Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes said at the…

The consultants hired by the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to auction 3G mobile phone licences have engaged lawyers to take legal action over the non-payment of their fees.

Pakistan has been trying to auction 3G spectrum since 2006. Why has it failed three times? PolicyTracker’s Managing Director, Martin Sims, has had an inside view…

Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has awarded five licences for spectrum suitable for LTE services in the 1800 MHz band to mobile operators P4 and PTC.

The UK regulator is proposing to auction a licence allowing the temporary establishment of digital terrestrial television (DTT) multiplexes in the 600 MHz band. The band was freed up by…

Microsoft has teamed up with local partners to launch a pilot project in Kenya that will use TV white spaces to deliver low-cost wireless broadband access in previously unserved areas.…

US mobile operators AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile have announced an agreement with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to test the feasibility of sharing 95 MHz of spectrum in the…

Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) is preparing to auction spectrum in the 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. The regulator has opted for a unique approach to…