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...

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...

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...

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...

Indonesia completed its first spectrum auction in over three years, but some might say that the recent dissolution of the country's regulator is a more significant development. Read more...

Greek regulator EETT has sold licences in the 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz bands just two weeks before the European Commission’s 2020 spectrum deadlines. Read more...

Taiwanese mobile network operators (MNOs) Far EasTone and Asia Pacific Telecom want to share their frequencies in the 700 MHz band and have a spectrum swap as a fallback if the sharing deal is rejected by regulators. Read more...

Chile's 5G award has attracted interest not only from the four largest mobile operators but also from a new player, Borealnet, which is owned by the controversial US firm Rivada Networks. Read more...

Slovakian regulator the RÚ says four telecoms firms companies have acquired spectrum in the 700, 900 and 1800 MHz bands for a total of €100.2 million. Read more...

Lithuanian regulator RRT plans to launch a 700 MHz auction by the end of 2020 and sell 3.5 GHz spectrum in the first quarter of 2021. It will then auction the 26 GHz band if there is enough demand. Read more...