The study, compiled by Aetha Consulting, challenges the idea that the spectrum environment in Germany means there is no room for a new entrant. Read more...

The Monopolies Commission says that licences in the 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands should be extended for just three years to avoid competition concerns. Read more...

If the proposals are adopted, Germany's newest mobile market entrant 1&1 will have to do without sub-1 GHz spectrum for a while longer. Read more...

26 GHz is also the most popular band, according to the updated PolicyTracker database. Explore the data visualisations below. Read more...

Virtual mobile operators are calling for a requirement to allow wholesale access to be enshrined in the country’s upcoming spectrum award. Read more...

A letter from German regulator BNetzA to its advisory board and seen by PolicyTracker says the federal government supports a mobile co-primary allocation in the lower UHF band at WRC-23. This is at odds with the likely approach from European agency CEPT, which is close to agreeing on a secondary… Read more...

The Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) has commented on an ITU filing from the company, which plans to re-use terrestrial spectrum for its satellite service. Read more...

The CEO of 1&1, Ralph Dommermuth, thinks operators should decide among themselves how spectrum should be divided up. Read more...

Regulators across Europe have been assigning the C-band to industrial users and recently France's Arcep awarded 13 trial licences in the 3.8—4.0 GHz band. Read more...

BNetzA's new position paper presents a potentially significant change to the lower band licences. Read more...