Regulation

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom says it will for the first time allow mobile operators to trade their spectrum in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHZ bands.

Wireless Federation reports that the European Union is set to introduce legislation that will mean operators have to offer 12-month service contracts as well as longer 18 and 24 month packages.

Six potential bidders have expressed an interested in Hong Kong’s proposed auction of spectrum in the 850MHz, 900MHz and 2GHz bands

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has urged the Federal Communications Commission to find more frequencies for mobile broadband.

Julius Genachowski, chairman of the FCC, said that “unleashing spectrum to support mobile innovation is at the top of the FCC’s 2011 agenda,” driven by demand created by the growing range of connected consumer devices.

UK regulator Ofcom has today given the go-ahead to the country's operators to begin re-farming their existing 2G spectrum for 3G use.

The US regulator has passed its new net neutrality laws, which are being seen as a compromise measure between protecting open Internet policies and allowing some operators – particularly mobile Internet operators – the flexibility to support new content services.