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UK regulator Ofcom today tentatively outlined its strategy for auctioning the coveted 2.6GHz band, but given continued disagreement over technology neutrality at a European level, is the end of 2007…

A report on driving public sector spectrum efficiency says progress is “encouraging” but resolution of the underlying legal issues is still some way off.

In what is being described as ‘real movement’ in certain circles, this week the Radio Spectrum Committee (RSC) gave its nod of approval to the European Commission (EC) Decision on…

Fears that there may not be a fixed cut-off date for the operation of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) devices in the 4.2 to 4.8 GHz band have been allayed by…

The printed issue of PolicyTracker is now available.

There are fears that a lack of suitable spectrum will delay the rollout of DVB-H and Ofcom is coming under increasing pressure to specify when a key band – Channel…

Increased spectrum flexibility is the answer for public services well as the commercial sector says the MEP preparing a crucial report for the European Parliament

Progress is being made in creating the technical conditions for the new WAPECS licences. Some of the likely options are now becoming clear, but progress is painfully slow.

Isolde Goggin, the chairperson of the Irish Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) will be ‘hanging up her civil and criminal enforcement mechanisms’ at the end of next week.

In a major change of strategy the WiMAX camp is working frantically to get their mobile wireless standard recognised as an IMT-2000 technology in time for the World Radio Conference.

Industry nerves slow down implementation of technology and service neutral licensing.

The ITU has organised what promises to be the highest level international spectrum policy conference in recent years.

In what is expected to be a first for Europe, Norway is to auction technology neutral and tradable licences to use the coveted 2500-2690 MHz frequencies in the second quarter…

A consultants’ report – paid for by the European Commission - which calls for more mandatory unlicensed bands is now available for download.

It has been called the lifeblood of the battlefield but in the future the military’s radio spectrum could be threatened by commercial terrestrial services. The need for military action is…