by Mirva Villa
The leading Nordic telecommunications company has been rearranging its Asian assets since its exit from Myanmar in 2022. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Our third iteration of PolicyTracker’s LEO Tracker reveals how the trends we first identified 18 months ago are now amplified: the importance of state investment and subsidy, the growing number of MNO partnerships and a continued flow of sectoral investment. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Poland’s regulator UKE hopes to put 3.6 GHz spectrum band up for sale in the second half of 2023 after its first attempt from 2020 was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. The lagging legislative work on amending the law on the National Cyber-Security System has hampered efforts by the… Read more...
by Laura Sear
Well known for serving the aviation and maritime industries, Inmarsat is now being acquired by another geostationary (GEO) satellite operator, Viasat. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Well known for serving the aviation and maritime industries, Inmarsat is in the process of being acquired by another geostationary (GEO) satellite operator Viasat. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Lynk is a US firm that proposes to launch a non-geostationary (NGSO) satellite-direct-to-phone service that will enable wider coverage for terrestrial cellular networks. The company is still waiting for FCC approval of its controversial system which uses terrestrial spectrum leased from MNOs. Read more...
by Richard Haas
With work still continuing on the assignment of the 26 GHz band, Ofcom's focus turns to improving local licencing regimes while looking ahead to future spectrum management issues, such as terahertz and the increasing popularity of low-earth orbit satellites. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Japan’s policy is to release new spectrum and reorganise existing allocations in anticipation of strong demand in the future from 5G/Beyond 5G, satellite, IoT/Wi-Fi and next generation mobility systems such as V2X. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
A growing number of nations are assigning spectrum for localised use by private networks. This is particularly the case in Europe, followed by Asia-Pacific and to a lesser degree the Americas. This Note provides a regional overview of the status of policy planning related to spectrum earmarked for localised use. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Assignment of spectrum in the 3.3 - 3.8 GHz range dominates private spectrum policy agendas, followed by spectrum in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz ranges. Despite this focus on mid-band and mmWave spectrum, there is wide variance in both spectrum bands and bandwidth amounts allocated for private use across… Read more...