Topics
The Topics section of our Research Service is a guide to current high-profile policy debates. It provides an overview of each subject, tracing back its roots, examining the different sectoral perspectives, and providing trackers to assess progress.
Current Topics
This research provides an up-to-date overview of spectrum management policies by benchmarking emerging topics such as the 3.3-4.2 GHz, 6 GHz, 26/28 GHz bands, private networks, and D2D-IMT.
This research covers international spectrum regulation. More specifically the WRC process and the current study cycle. It also gives an overview of EU spectrum regulation, and the role of spectrum in tackling the climate crisis.
This research focusses on spectrum awards. More specifically it looks at different mechanisms to licence spectrum. It also covers licences renewal procedures and licence fee structures.
This research looks at how national regulators and spectrum authorities deal with evaluating the Quality of Service of networks as well as the population or land coverage.
This is an in-depth analysis of global spectrum sharing frameworks, regulatory initiatives, and challenges, with particular focus on recent policies, WRC-27 agenda items, and emerging approaches to sharing and dynamic access across various frequency bands.
Satellite direct-to-device service is a novel spectrum use: not catered for under existing international spectrum regulations. This research explores this new use of spectrum and the challenges that come along with it.
This research covers the policy and standardisation of the next generation of mobile connectivity. It explores possible spectrum bands and gathers views on future spectrum needs from countries, vendors and operators.
Increasing global instability has led to a rising demand for spectrum dedicated to defence applications. Meanwhile, GNSS spoofing and jamming incidents are on the rise and militaries around the world expand their use of drones. This research provides a general overview of these emerging trends.