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In the first of two articles on spectrum for LTE, we ask a panel of experts for their views on the apparently scattergun spectrum strategies operators are adopting for the…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has eliminated the requirement that white space devices sense the presence of TV channels but the commercial success of white space applications remains unclear.

Brazil is to hold a “super auction” of spectrum consisting of 165 licences in five different bands, including provision for two new national licences and the possibility of a new…

UK regulator Ofcom has published a detailed statement setting out how the programme making and special events (PMSE) industry will access spectrum following digital switchover and the London 2012 Olympic…

Thailand’s 3G auction, which was scheduled to start earlier this week, has been put on hold indefinitely after the Supreme Court today (September 23) upheld the injunction imposed last week…

The Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR) has completed its auction of frequencies in the 2.6 GHz band. The total proceeds from the auction came to €39.53 million…

Thailand’s long-delayed 2.1 GHz auction, which was due to start this morning, has been hit by a last minute legal hitch. The earliest it could now kick off is Saturday…

The European Commission’s first multi-year radio spectrum policy programme calls for mandatory refarming of the 900/1800 MHz GSM band by 2012, release of the 800 MHz digital dividend band by…

As part of its refarming of what was GSM-only spectrum for service and technology neutral licensing, Denmark’s telecoms regulator will auction off reclaimed 900 and 1800 MHz spectrum next month.

The Thai telecoms regulator is gearing up for the country’s long-delayed 3G auction on September 20, although a last-minute application for a court injunction by state-owned CAT Telecom could still…

US utilities are starting to show interest in using spectrum from legacy paging licences for smart grids. According to Full Spectrum chief executive Stewart Kantor, their European counterparts would do…

A trial broadband network for a US hospital is the world’s first white space network for healthcare providers and it also sees the first use of WiMAX technology in white…

Although refarming of 2G frequencies for 3G use has run up against delays and threats of legal action in the UK and elsewhere, African countries have been quick to realise…

Poland has become the fourth country with a commercial LTE launch and the first in the world to use the 1800 MHz band for 4G services. TeliaSonera has commercially launched…

Singapore’s telecoms regulator, the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), has published a set of auction rules and put back the auction date for a second batch of 3G spectrum by one…