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It's now over two years since the WRC-23 decision to approve three separate IMT identification footnotes in the 6 GHz band, and its impact can be seen clearly.

Will the new "code of conduct for the sustainability of telecommunications networks" have any impact?

We’ve refreshed the layout of the PolicyTracker Research Service to make it easier to navigate and to highlight more of the tools available to you as a subscriber. All the…

Several countries have assigned the 26 GHz band, yet few operators have actually deployed it for outdoor use. Can we use the 26 GHz band indoors, and if so, would…

China has just filed an application with the ITU for 203,000 low-Earth orbit satellites. Is it time to review the processes for satellite filings?

Globally the delivery of letters is in steep decline: the baton is being passed to mobile connectivity.

Our Weekly Spectrum Briefing usually talks about a current policy issue but recently we have been going back to basics, reconsidering some fundamental questions. The first being what is spectrum…

Mobile satellite spectrum (MSS); defence; sharing ups and downs; upper 6 GHz decision; uncertainty for digital terrestrial TV; and finding 800 MHz in the US (not Nemo) is our answer,…

As months of WRC-27 study group discussions were reviewed at the ITU in Geneva, there was general optimism, but also some concern about the altimeters agenda item.

Japan has famously never staged a spectrum auction. Assignment of frequencies in the country is via beauty contest. However, this is about to change. It feels like a historic moment.…