by Jaroslaw Adamowski
A spat between Lithuania’s competition watchdog and its transport and communications ministry could delay the country’s 700 MHz auction. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The Spanish government has confirmed it will auction the 700 MHz band in late July and unveiled less exacting conditions for mobile operators, including a 15 per cent price cut and 40-year spectrum licences. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Indian government has awarded nationwide 700 MHz spectrum administratively to the country’s railway operator, despite placing a high reserve price on the same band in an auction just three months ago. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Regulators in Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia have announced plans to sell 5G spectrum this year Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The country’s regulator CITC has proposed auctioning the 600 MHz band, 700 MHz frequencies, 1980—2010/2170—2200 MHz and 3.8—4 GHz all in one go in December 2021. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Jamaica's ministry of science, energy and technology announced that the locally-owned company has acquired a 2 x 10 MHz block for over $15 million. Rock Mobile replaces troubled former 700 MHz licensee Caricel, which had been operating in Jamaica since 2016 but had its licence revoked in 2019. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
UK's regulator Ofcom had hoped that the four-week negotiation stage included in its recent C-band spectrum auction would be enough to defragment the 3400—3800 MHz range. In the end, only one spectrum trading agreement was reached during those negotiations—so mobile operators are continuing to hold bilateral talks. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Three Ireland has launched a legal challenge to the country's planned auction of 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and one of the country's mobile operators, Telkom, said they were open to settlement talks after the High Court blocked an auction of 5G spectrum and tender process for a wireless open-access network (WOAN). Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The bidding for spectrum in the 700 MHz and 3.6—3.8 GHz bands in the UK is now complete, according to the regulator Ofcom. Mobile operators now enter the assignment stage, followed by a four-week negotiation period in which carriers will trade frequencies in an attempt to defragment the C-band. Read more...