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...
by Manuel R. Marti
Chile recently completed the region’s first 5G award, assigning a total of 1800 MHz in the 700 MHz, AWS, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz bands for more than $450 million. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The country’s regulatory authority (CRA) has set up a new policy regime that is designed to address all spectrum-related issues in the coming years, particularly during the hosting of the football’s World Cup in 2022. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Ofcom has decided to delay the auction of the 700 MHz and 3.6—3.8 GHz bands once again due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The European Commission has again criticised EU member states for delays in spectrum assignments, suggesting that their policies have been holding back 5G rollouts in Europe. Read more...