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New PolicyTracker Spectrum Database update now available

The update charts the assignments which have taken place in the first quarter of 2024.

As we ring in 2023, should we re-consider our approach to mmWave spectrum?

In the final days of 2022, Spain completed its auction of the 26 GHz band. The country was the only EU member state to assign spectrum in the band in...

India’s huge 5G auction dominates in recent spectrum assignments

The latest iteration of the PolicyTracker spectrum database has recorded auctions involving over 3600 MHz of spectrum. A total of eight awards were recorded in seven different countries.

New country profiles reveal focus on 5G

What is the point of spectrum policy? Ask two spectrum managers and you will probably receive three answers. In four countries newly profiled by PolicyTracker the answer is clear: 5G....

Which bands are being made available for private networks?

Globally, similar factors are drive growing interest in private networks. Industry and/or local communities are looking to benefit from wireless technology, and telecom companies are increasingly well-equipped to help them...

Who are the 28 GHz band purists?

A surprise outcome of WRC-15 was that it declined to set up an agenda item at WRC-19 that could allow mobile broadband to operate in the 28 GHz band. Instead,...

Large bandwidths can be hard to find in mmWave bands

One of the great advantages of the mmWave bands are their wide bandwidths. Propagation may be limited, but at least you have plenty of spectrum to use. But is this...

There were two mega auctions in 4Q21: one that started late and one that ended late

The new iteration of the PolicyTracker Spectrum Database includes spectrum assignment information from 16 countries Two Portuguese-speaking countries provided the locations for the most notable spectrum auctions that concluded in...

New benchmark explains 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands

Although the current 5G focus is firmly on mid-bands such as 3.3 - 3.8 GHz, high-bands such as the 26 GHz and 28 GHz will surely play an important role...

Will private 5G generate demand for mmWave spectrum?

Despite all of the controversy surrounding identifying spectrum for mobile broadband above 24 GHz, most of the recent 5G deployments have been in the mid-band frequencies, specially around 3.5 GHz....

Two influential regulators focus on local licensing and innovation

Innovation often occurs in different places at roughly the same time. Electromagnetic induction, for example, was discovered in both Britain and the US independently in the early 19th century. Frequency-hopping...

Beauty contests assignments tie with auctions in Q2 2021

Auctions may have become the default way to assign spectrum, but the last quarter saw just as many beauty contests. A total of 11,076 MHz of changed or new entries...

Hybrid training 23 - 27 September 2024 Understanding Modern Spectrum Management

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