Ajit Pai, chair of US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has said that mobile broadband licences issued this year for 24.25–24.45 GHz and 24.75–25.25 GHz may be revised following WRC-19. Read more...

The head of French regulator Arcep has suggested that the country may opt for a sharing regime in the 26 GHz band, in which verticals will be able to gain access to spectrum.  Read more...

Japan will be near the forefront of the movement to assign spectrum for use by industry verticals when it makes 28 GHz frequencies available this year.  Read more...

Local authorities argue that in the age of 5G, they are well placed to gain access to spectrum and eventually become network providers.  Read more...

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) plans to announce which millimetre wave (mmWave) bands the country will use for 5G by December 2019, with 26 GHz the obvious candidate.  Read more...

UK regulator Ofcom has revealed it will allow spectrum sharing in the 26 GHz band, as well as in the 8 GHz range, but users will only be able to use the spectrum indoors.  Read more...

The US Federal Communications Commission has sold spectrum in the 24.25–24.45 GHz and 24.75–25.25 GHz bands for $2.024 billion, the equivalent of $0.009 MHz/POP. Read more...

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore’s regulator, wants to assign the 3.5 GHz, 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands for a 5G launch in 2020, although like other ASEAN countries, it admits there is a problem in freeing up the C-band soon enough.  Read more...

ACMA will combine traditional spectrum awards for the mobile industry with licensing that encourages local networks as well as ad hoc deployments on private premises in its assignment of the 26 GHz band for 5G.  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...