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Australia looks for fresh faces in 3.8 GHz band
Mar 08, 2024
by Richard Handford

Australian telecoms regulator ACMA is to award the 3.8 GHz band administratively through a process that is closed to the country’s mobile network operators, at least initially. Read more...

Dense Air sells most of its spectrum licences
Nov 30, 2023
by Richard Haas

The company now hopes to rely on shared access spectrum regimes like CBRS combined with operator spectrum to provide neutral host networks. Read more...

Australia’s 3.4 and 3.7 GHz auction raises $470m
Nov 29, 2023
by Richard Handford

Australian regulator ACMA said the sale of regional 5G licences in two bands raised A$722 million ($470 million), most of it generated by spectrum in the 3.7 GHz band. Read more...

Australian competition authority considers spectrum sharing to narrow coverage gap
Nov 07, 2023
by Richard Handford

A new report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country’s competition watchdog, says spectrum sharing may have a role in improving mobile coverage in regional Australia. Read more...

Australia’s landmark MNO regional sharing deal is blocked again
Jun 23, 2023
by Richard Handford

The rejection of an appeal by Telstra and TPG indicates regulators still favour network-based competition ahead of a model where rivals compete on services but share a network and spectrum. Read more...

Australian regulator reviews THz regulatory models
Mar 31, 2023
by Richard Handford

ACMA has yet to issue any licences in the terahertz range, according to a white paper from the Australian regulator that also reviews the regulatory models adopted so far for spectrum bands above 100 GHz. Read more...

Australian competition regulator blocks major MNO sharing deal
Jan 04, 2023
by Richard Handford

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said a regional network and spectrum sharing deal between Telstra and TPG, two of the country’s three mobile network operators (MNOs), was likely to reduce competition. Read more...

APT approves new 600 MHz band plan
Apr 12, 2022
by Richard Handford

The India-backed plan, which opens up 2 x 40 MHz of low-band spectrum for 4G and 5G, has the potential for wider adoption across Asia. Read more...

Australian MNOs agree network and spectrum sharing deal
Mar 03, 2022
by Richard Handford

Market leader Telstra will give smaller rival TPG access to its 4G/5G network in a broad area of the country outside the largest cities while TPG will share its 4G/5G spectrum with its larger peer in the same zone. Read more...

Australia raises $1.5bn in auction of regional 850/900 MHz spectrum
Dec 17, 2021
by Richard Handford

Urban areas delivered most of the revenues in the country’s regional auction of 850/900 MHz, although competition for frequencies was more intense outside the cities. Read more...