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EU regulation dossier updated for 2026
Mar 11, 2026
by Jonathan Watson

We've added new research on 5G rollout in the European Union and updates to reflect the potential impact of the proposed Digital Networks Act. Read more...

Podcast: Decoding the Commission’s Digital Networks Act
Feb 16, 2026
by Laura Sear

Europe’s telecoms market has been thrown into a fresh bout of soul‑searching as Brussels unveils its Digital Networks Act, a once‑in‑a‑decade rewrite of the rulebook that promises a single market for connectivity. Read more...

Europe leads the way in private networks
Oct 10, 2024
by Jonathan Watson

One of the key findings of our private networks benchmark update is that Europe is making good progress. Read more...

European Commission publishes 5G study part-authored by PolicyTracker
Feb 14, 2023
by Martin Sims

We are very pleased to announce the release of a report which we have been working on for the past year as part of a consortium with LS telcom and VVA. Read more...

Europe’s 5G spectrum auctions: buy now, pay later
Feb 10, 2023
by Jonathan Watson

Mobile operators spend a lot of money at spectrum auctions. That's been the case for many years. Read more...

Untangling the 6 GHz band
Jul 07, 2021
by Toby Youell

One of the clearest spectrum management trends in the last few years is the allocation of the 6 GHz band for licence-exempt/unlicensed services. With some notable exceptions (such as China), the vast majority of the G20 group, which represents around 90% of global economic activity, have made significant moves to… Read more...

Which countries have met the EU’s 5G deadline?
Nov 20, 2020
by Manuel R. Marti

Many think of cold, snow-covered Finland and warm, sunny Italy as very different countries. Perhaps it is not surprising that their spectrum auctions have produced very different outcomes. Over the years, the home of Nokia has gained a reputation for carrying out affordable and exemplary spectrum assignments. When Finnish incumbent… Read more...

Greening spectrum policy webinar: 12 October
Sep 30, 2020
by Dugie Standeford

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 are starting to put sustainability at the core of their product strategies, and regulators are also thinking about how they… Read more...

EU member states will miss the 2020 5G deadline and there’s not much Brussels can do about it
Sep 29, 2020
by Manuel R. Marti

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 had envisaged that all member states would auction licences in the 700 MHz, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz bands and… Read more...

Outages show the need to think clearly about national security
Dec 10, 2018
by Manuel R. Marti

An O2 network failure in the UK has shown how mobile underpins vital infrastructure but is Huawei the right target for our national security fears? Even the EU is now expressing concerns. Chinese technology companies are an emerging powerhouse and banning them may soon be impractical as well as self-defeating. Read more...