The country’s three mobile operators are either using 5G as an alternative to the fixed broadband monopoly run by the state-owned National Broadband Network (NBN) or are considering doing so. Read more...

Finnish regulator Traficom is pressing ahead with plans for the country’s 26 GHz auction despite the disruptive impact of the coronavirus. Read more...

Sweden’s regulator PTS has revealed more details on two upcoming spectrum auctions, which will assign spectrum for local use in the 3.5 and 26 GHz bands.  Read more...

Bhutan has decided to make spectrum available for 5G trials in the 2.6, 3.5 and 26 GHz bands. Read more...

The Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) of Europe’s technical agency CEPT has agreed to support WRC-19’s two-stage approach for the 26 GHz band, but it has come up with a new transition date of 2024 instead of 2027.  Read more...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is considering a spectrum cap for next year’s 26 GHz auction. This seems surprising as elsewhere, policymakers have concluded supply exceeds demand for millimetre wave bands.  Read more...

The 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) agreed on global harmonisation of the technical conditions for using the 26 GHz band for 5G, but Europe is now struggling to decide what to do next.  Read more...

Although not hitting the heights of its infamous 2015 contest, Thailand’s sale of 5G spectrum still landed returns of THB 100.5 billion ($3.2 billion) and saw the arrival of two potential new market entrants.  Read more...

Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched a consultation on its proposed 26 GHz auction. It plans to launch the procedure in summer 2020.  Read more...

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), the country's regulator, caused a stir by proposing a single, shared 5G network, following a consultation that did not mention such an approach.  Read more...