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A Commission Communication gives a four point plan for implementing technology and service neutrality in the broadcasting, mobile and wireless broadband frequencies as soon as possible.

ITU confirms WiMAX IMT-2000 submission and urges stakeholders to monitor new webpage.

The Commission’s liberalisation agenda gets the broad backing of the European Parliament but MEPs’ worries about the effect on TV and radio were reflected in the narrowness of some votes.

Some European countries are pushing ahead with 2G refarming while those where Hutchinson is a 3G operator fear legal action and wait nervously until next month when an announcement on…

A full session of the European Parliament has almost unanimously adopted an Industry Committee report which is largely in favour of spectrum liberalisation.

A controversial committee report seen as a crucial test of political opinion on the spectrum policy proposals contained in the Framework Review is being discussed in the European Parliament this…

Tests are underway in the UK to determine whether commercial companies can share spectrum currently used by the military and other public bodies.

Mobile players are on the look out for 4G spectrum while satellite operators are worried about terrestrial operators encroaching into their territory.

The European Commission has put back the publication of its final proposals on the review of the Framework Directive until June this year.

The UK regulator has confirmed that a potential single frequency DVB-H network won’t come up for auction for 18 months. Ofcom says this will give operators the opportunity to bid…

Our themes this month are the mood at the ITU's biggest spectrum policy conference for years; progress at the Cameroon meeting on WiMAX/IMT-2000; and preparations for WRC-07.

In an interview with PolicyTracker Vodafone argues that re-farming the 2G spectrum should be the first step towards liberalisation.

Favouring a commons-based approach to the 3.6GHz band has deterred investment in a crucial frequency for the development of wireless broadband services, argue two leading experts.

Getting the right balance between market-based and traditional management techniques has been the dominant theme of the ITU’s biggest spectrum policy conference in several years.

The WiMAX lobby are pleased with the outcome of the WP8F meeting in Cameroon but other observers say it's an agreement about process not substance.