The Hungarian regulator hopes that distributing 32 GHz spectrum to operators will facilitate the deployment of the 26 GHz band for 5G. Read more...

Hungarian regulator NMHH has said it is planning to “auction new, previously unused frequencies, " including the currently unused 32 GHz band. Read more...

Administrations from around the world are this fortnight meeting in Geneva for the second and final session of the Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM), in an effort to finalise their positions ahead of WRC-19. Read more...

European regulatory body CEPT has decided it will no longer support 32 GHz, 81-86 GHz or 71-76 GHz as 5G bands. Its backing for the 51 GHz band also remains unclear.  Read more...

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to make spectrum above 24 GHz available for 5G prompted strong criticism from Republican commissioners and a former FCC official who say the regulator hasn't gone far enough. The satellite industry urged the regulator to protect its services in the bands, while the wireless sector… Read more...

Questions about what the next generation of mobile services will look like and when they'll be commercially available are beginning to find answers, but spectrum remains one key challenge in making the 5G vision reality, speakers said at a 13-14 October conference in Copenhagen organised by the World Wireless Research… Read more...

The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN), a global group of major telecoms providers and “co-operation partners” such as 5GPPP, the GSMA and ETSI, plans to push for more spectrum allocation as part of its 5G work programme. Read more...

Ofcom is not planning to target the satellite industry's core bands or WiGig frequencies for IMT-2020 identification at WRC-19. Read more...

The proposed introduction of spectrum leasing is the latest Ofcom liberalisation proposal to be put on ice by the British government to the dismay of aspiring band managers. Read more...

Ofcom’s fourth radio spectrum auction went ahead quietly in February with a large amount of spectrum being sold for comparatively little money. Read more...