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If you missed yesterday's Greening spectrum policy webinar a recording is now available to watch on our webinars archive, where the presentations can also be downloaded. It was a fascinating…

This is the question which the Europe's regulators in the RSPG and the wider ITU community is currently grappling with. It is an area where policy is not yet fully…

As our recently-published dossier sets out, the telecoms industry is doing its bit to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels by halving its carbon emissions by 2030.…

PolicyTracker’s longest-running course, Understanding Modern Spectrum Management is being held on 7-11 December with a schedule designed to fit time zones in Asia and the Middle East, starting at 10 am…

With a growing focus on global warming, attention is increasingly turning to what role the telecoms sector can or should play in saving the planet. Leading operators and equipment vendors…

By connecting much of the world's population, the telecoms industry is generally seen as a pro-social industry. Indeed, some of the most influential thinkers about 6G are trying to closely…

European countries have long claimed to be global leaders in mobile technology. However, after severe delays in spectrum assignments, Europe's 5G strategy is running into serious problems.  The European Union…

In times of economic uncertainty, investors tend to park their money in safe-haven assets such as rare minerals, government bonds and US dollars. The conventional wisdom suggests that risky projects…

PolicyTracker’s longest-running course, Understanding Modern Spectrum Management, was held online for the first time last week and received very positive reviews from attendees. All the feedback rated it very good…

Regulators around the world seek to put spectrum, a natural resource, to its best use for society at large. This means they pursue a variety of domestic public policy objectives…

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed all aspects of life, including radio spectrum policy. According to our latest research, 23 countries have departed from their standard spectrum policies to make sure…

Spectrum sharing is nothing new. As a new research note on the subject points out, the ITU's Radio Regulations have long conceived of primary, co-primary, and secondary allocations. But sharing…

Today's Spectrum Sharing in Asia webinar was a fascinating discussion and yielded some important insights, including: India's plans to update its spectrum sharing regulations South Korea's "clean zone" initiative to…

Don't forget to register for the Spectrum Sharing in Asia webinar, taking place Wednesday, 19 August at 4pm AEST,  11.30 am IST, 2 pm Singapore, 8 am CEST, 11 pm…

In the past decade, facilitating sharing has become an increasing important part of spectrum policy. Behind this is a growing belief that market mechanisms alone will fail to deliver the…