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A draft of this non-binding measure seen by PolicyTracker follows similar lines to this summer’s consultation. It calls for the harmonized use of the 790-862 MHz sub-band for non-broadcasting services…

UK regulator says digital switchover, access to public sector resources and increased efficiency will provide enough spectrum to meet demands at the London Olympic Games in 2012.

The European regulators organisation, CEPT, is celebrating its fiftieth birthday by streamlining its organisation but does this need to extend to multi-agency regulatory structures? What would a little green man…

It’s finally official and legal: 900 MHz spectrum in Europe can now be used for services other than 2G GSM following publication in the EU’s official journal of measures to…

Trading for the mobile bands, with spectrum caps to ensure competition and nationwide roll-out requirements for mobile broadband look set to be the key features of the UK’s approach to…

The British government today launched a consultation on how to make the best use of what it calls “digital spectrum” following the publication of a final set of proposals drawn…

The meteorological community is warning that plans to identify bands for in-car radar, mobile satellite service, unmanned aircraft and electronic newsgathering could cause interference to scientific services

The German regulator is being accused of favouring incumbents after the announcement of its plans to sell off former analogue TV frequencies.

The US regulator has given itself four months to come up with new proposals for D-block, the spectrum which failed to sell at last year's 700MHz auction. The FCC still…

The current head of the French frequency agency is to be a candidate for ITU's top job in spectrum management.

Should we welcome European regulators’ historic shift to talk about authorisations rather than licences? It may have benefits in Europe, argues Robert Horvitz, but the advantages elsewhere are questionable.

New Zealand has finally got a third mobile operator but the company has launched a scathing attack on national spectrum policy.

A lack of spectrum, legal recognition and safe coordination with existing aircraft traffic are all issues to be resolved before commercial unmanned aircraft services can get off the ground.

Fifty years ago this month, spectrum management began to change. Economist Roland Coase – later to win a Nobel prize – wrote an academic paper which called for a market-based…

Coase’s 1959 article was certainly influential, but how applicable is it today? Has it set the framework for modern spectrum management? We asked the man himself – now 98 years…