by Dianne Northfield
In 2025, the regulator AGCOM is focused on setting the conditions and award mechanisms for spectrum licences that are due to expire in December 2029 across multiple bands. It is also consulting on the competitive licensing procedure for 24.25-26.5 GHz spectrum. In January 2025, Swisscom successfully completed its acquisition of… Read more...
by Richard Haas
Brazil's regulator Anatel, is planning to hold a leftover 700 MHz band auction in late 2025. In 2026, it's looking to auction the upper 6 GHz band following the reversal of its unlicensed allocation. Read more...
by Richard Haas
Having recently decided to extend spectrum licences, Germany's next auction isn't expected until 2030. Until then, the country will likely focus on improving its innovative local spectrum access regime and advocating for its candidate for the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
In March 2025, Poland’s regulator UKE completed its highly-anticipated auction of the 700 and 800 MHz spectrum, selling a total of seven licences to four mobile network operators (MNOs). The agency’s 5G rollout efforts have been hampered by a lack of spectrum coordination agreements with Russia and prolonged policy talks with… Read more...
by Richard Handford
Shanghai has been selected as the host city of the next World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027. Read more...
by Richard Haas
Data from the PolicyTracker Spectrum Database suggests that the US mid-band spectrum availability is similar to that of its economic rival, China. Read more...
by Laura Sear
French network operator and digital services provider Orange says it wants to "lead the future". It continues to operate in 26 countries and had 291 million customers worldwide (253 million mobile) by the end of 2024. Read more...
by Catherine Viola
Vodafone is a pan-European and pan-African fixed and mobile telecoms operator. To reshape its European portfolio, it has divested its operations in Italy and Spain and plans to merge with Three UK. Vodafone has agreed a joint venture with AST SpaceMobile to form a European direct-to-device (D2D) service provider. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Headquartered in Qatar, Ooredoo is a telecoms operator offering mobile, fixed, broadband and enterprise services in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. Read more...
by Catherine Viola
MTN has exited its Middle Eastern markets to focus on Africa, where it is the largest mobile operator. It is negotiating network-sharing agreements with Airtel in multiple markets and wants to accelerate digital inclusion by leveraging satellite direct-to-device (D2D). Read more...