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PolicyTracker predicts the year will be dominated by RRC-06; the decision on technology neutrality in 2.5 GHz and the review of the Communciations Framework Directive.

A commitment to some form of liberalisation has moved from aberration to orthodoxy among Europe’s regulators

The Federal Network Agency is offering licences in the 3400 to 3600 MHz band on a technology neutral basis, a move it is hailing as a “further step in achieving…

Those sceptical about the practicalities of getting the military to give up frequencies for commercial use may take heart from the scale of the financial incentives proposed in Professor Martin…

The European Commission’s Radio Spectrum Policy Group has published its opinion on WAPECS but does the Radio Spectrum Committee have the guts to makes concrete progress with this new approach?

Hopes for increased stability, investment and development in West Africa are pinned to a new telecommunications regulatory framework but at the moment the agreement on the table raises more questions…

Ofcom is bullish about the success of spectrum trading even though the scheme has been in place for for nearly a year without a completed ‘pure spectrum’ transaction.

A study into the possibility of band sharing between Ultra Wide Band devices and the Radio Astronomy Service (RAS) in the UK has concluded that more work is required.

The European economy may lose billions unless the region develops a common position on the digital dividend.

Spectrum management reform has been placed centre stage in recent weeks but certain unnatural bedfellows will need to start cosying up together if the debate is to move to the…

The UK regulator, Ofcom, has begun the process of deciding how to allocate the spectrum released by analogue TV switch off.

The debate over the licensing of GSM and WiMAX technologies has been taken a new turn this week at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis.

Fears that Recognised Spectrum Access (RSA) will eventually be applied with a broad brush to a wide cross section of services by the UK communications regulator is causing unease in…

How to handle the unused broadcast spectrum is a puzzle being pieced together by policy makers around the world but is it time to stop paying lip service to the…

The UK regulator Ofcom has announced that Radio Frequency Identificationdevices operating in the 865-868 MHz range will be exempt from licensing.