Only two companies placed bids for spectrum, as three operators seem to be waiting for next year’s auction. Read more...

Latvian regulator the SPRK plans to hold an auction of five licences on 16 December. Read more...

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has invited applications for seven-month temporary spectrum licences in the high-demand frequencies it hopes, finally, to auction next year. Read more...

A recently drafted amendment to the law on Poland's national cybersecurity system identifies a state-owned company that is to hold a share of the 700 MHz band for a single open-access 5G network. Read more...

The Belarusian Ministry of Communications and Informatisation has asked Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media to coordinate the release of the 700 MHz spectrum band along the two countries’ border, Deputy Russian Minister Dmitry Kim told local paper Izvestia. The move is related to plans by Belarus to use… Read more...

Portugal’s 5G award raised a relatively moderate amount—just over €566 million—but the 1,727 rounds and 201 days of bidding made it easily the longest spectrum auction ever held.  Read more...

The Lithuanian government has signed a memorandum on 5G with the country's mobile operators ahead of a long-awaited spectrum auction. Read more...

Romania’s regulator Ancom has invited applications to take part in an auction of 5G spectrum in the 800 MHz, 2.6 GHz and 3400—3490 MHz bands and is expecting the country's four mobile operators to bid. Read more...

Attempts by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to auction spectrum in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands and to licence a wireless open-access network (WOAN) are once again in disarray. Read more...

The ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI) submitted a new band plan for 4G/5G in the 600 MHz band to the most recent meeting of the APT Wireless Group (AWG). Read more...