Video Webinar (recorded on 23 September 2025)

The following Webinar is a tutorial of our Data Explorer. It may help answer questions you may have about functionality. If you need more help, contact database@policytracker.com.

Overview

The Data Explorer is an interactive tool which visualises key metrics relating to national spectrum assignments and spectrum pricing. All data is sourced from the PolicyTracker Spectrum Database.

It is designed to answer questions our subscribers might have about spectrum assignments and spectrum pricing. You may find it useful for benchmarking the price of certain bands or comparing spectrum assignments in different countries.

It is divided into four separate pages:

• Overview: Explanation of features, and headline statistics and figures.
• Country Spectrum Holdings: Shows which spectrum licences are assigned to mobile network operators (MNOs) in a particular country. Sorted by band range (i.e. low, mid and high-band).
• Country Auction Timeline: Displays a table and chart that show auctions/awards held in a country and what each raised in total. Sorted by year.
• Band Pricing: Displays the average price of a particular spectrum band. Shows average prices paid for this band in all countries we have data for, as well as historical price changes.
• Band Overview: A map and list of countries that have assigned a particular spectrum band, including information about how many licences have been awarded for each band in that country.

Scroll down to see a brief guide for each page. If you need more help, don’t hesitate to contact us at database@policytracker.com.

Country Spectrum Holdings

Shows which spectrum licences are assigned to mobile network operators (MNOs) in a particular country.

How to use

1. Start by selecting a country. You can do this by using the button on the upper left hand side, where it says “Step 1: Select country.” You can only select one country at a time.
2. Optionally, you can apply a filter in “Step 2: Optional filters” which allows you to remove mmWave licences. By default, mmWave licences are included..

Once you have selected a country, data will appear on the page. The figures in the “Key facts” box will also reflect your selection.

The charts in the blue box on the top of the page show you more general data about who has the most spectrum holdings, filtered by low, mid and high band spectrum, and total spectrum.

Scroll down to the green section of the page to see which specific bands each MNO owns licences in. The final table at the bottom of the page shows details of all licences individually.

Country Auction Timeline

Displays a table and chart that show auctions/awards held in a country and what each raised in total. Sorted by year.

How to use

1. Start by selecting a country. You can do this by using the button on the upper left hand side, where it says “Step 1: Select country.” You can only select one country at a time.
2. Optionally, you can apply a filter in “Step 2: Optional filters” which allows you to select certain bands or filter by USD/MHz/POP range.

Once you have selected a country, data will appear on the page. The figures in the “Key facts” box will also reflect your selection.
Scroll down to see the data in a table format. This table includes additional columns that inform you how each procedure relates to the average global price for that band.

Band Pricing

Displays the average price of a particular spectrum band, sorted by country.

How to use

1. Start by selecting a spectrum band. You can do this by using the button on the upper left hand side, where it says “Step 1: Select band.” You can only select one band at a time.
2. Optionally, you can apply a filters in “Step 2: Optional filters.” You can filter by a specific country, region or a certain USD/MHz/Pop range using these buttons.

Once you have selected a band, data will appear on the page. The figures in the “Key facts” box will also reflect your selection.

The blue square on the right hand side displays the Global average band price in USD/MHz/Pop. This will remain the same, even if you filter out certain countries or regions, allowing you to compare average prices in a specific region or country to the global average.

Charts and tables

The big bar chart at the top of the page shows the average price (in USD/MHz/Pop) for this band by country. If you want to see individual assignments, click the small downward facing arrow on the top right of the bar chart.

Once clicked, you will see more details about which specific assignment procedures (i.e. auctions) attained which price. You can also click, hold and drag across the chart to zoom in to a specific section.

The final table at the bottom gives you more details of all awards that have taken place in a certain band. This includes auctions as well as other procedures such as beauty contests. It is sorted by $/MHz/Pop but also displays the total price paid in the award to give you a sense of the scale of each award.

Band Overview

Displays a list of countries that have assigned a particular spectrum band

How to use

1. Start by selecting a band. You can do this by using the button on the upper left hand side, where it says “Step 1: Select band.” You can only select one band at a time.
2. Optionally, you can apply a filter in “Step 2: Optional filters” which allows you to include or exclude expired licences. By default, expired licences are displayed.

Once you have selected a band, data will appear on the page. The figures in the “Key facts” box will also reflect your selection.

The chart at the bottom of the page will show you when licences are due to expire and when licences were issued.

ST: Band download speeds

Displays a list of spectrum bands and their corresponding average download speed. Data on this page is sourced from our partner SignalTracker.

How to use

1. Browse the list of bands and their corresponding average speed. To see how many test results were captured to generate this average, hover your mouse over each bar individually.
2. You can also narrow out specific bands using the optional filter on the right hand side.

ST: 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G download speeds

Displays average download speeds of different mobile technologies, such as 2G, 3G and 5G. Data on this page is sourced from our partner SignalTracker.

How to use

Browse the different technologies and their corresponding average speed. To see how many test results were captured to generate this average, hover your mouse over each bar individually.