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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.

The European Communications Committee (ECC) of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) has agreed harmonised frequency arrangements in the key 2 GHz paired bands (1920–1980 MHz and…

There’s a huge range of emerging applications for short-range wireless technologies, limited only by our imagination, technology, standards and spectrum. And in practice it is the technology, standards and spectrum…

Criticism of the recent Swiss combinatorial clock auction has intensified following the announcement of first quarter results from one of the bidders, Sunrise, which paid proportionately twice as much as…

The Obama Administration came under fire for not doing more to free up spectrum for public interest wireless services at a 23 May New American Foundation forum in Washington, DC.

In what is said to be the first order of its kind worldwide, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on 24 May to allocate 40 MHz of spectrum in the…

Ongoing interference problems affecting consumer electronics devices and programme making and special events (PMSE) equipment have spurred the creation of a cross-industry lobbying group that aims to encourage European spectrum…

In the first of a series of workshops paving the way for rules for incentive auctions of broadcast spectrum, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on 22 May tackled the thorny…

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Standards Association has published IEEE 802.11-2012, the latest revision of the 802.11 wireless LAN standard more commonly known as Wi-Fi.

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic (TUSR) has decided to set spectrum caps in the 800 and 1800 MHz bands in an auction due to take place later…

The emerging “Weightless” standard for machine communications in TV white spaces reached another milestone in May when members of the Weightless Special Interest Group (SIG) approved version 0.7 of the…