Tony Lavender moderated a panel session on the Ministerial Programme at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on 2nd March. The panel was part of the mobile spectrum thematic workshop and it comprised representatives of the FCC, Qualcomm, Vodafone, National Association of Broadcasters and Facebook. The panel focused on the use of spectrum below 700 MHz including co-primary allocation, discussion of the trajectory of spectrum use by broadcasters, the future spectrum portfolio requirements for mobile operators and the views of non-operators players on allocation of spectrum.