by Richard Handford
e& is a telecoms group headquartered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and operating in 38 countries across the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Central/Eastern Europe. Read more...
by Laura Sear
The idea of pan-European spectrum regulation has been circling for decades, and it has now led to an overhaul of spectrum governance in the European Commission's proposed Digital Networks Act. Read more...
by Laura Sear
The EU’s 5G rollout has been built around the harmonised “pioneer bands”: 700 MHz, 3.4–3.8 GHz, and 26 GHz. Six years after the deadline for member states to hold auctions of this spectrum, the European Commission has concluded that 5G rollout has been inadequate and has launched an overhaul of… Read more...
by Laura Sear
Europe is currently looking at a harmonised approach for the upper 6 GHz band. Read more...
by Laura Sear
Decisions about spectrum use in Europe are made both at the national and EU level. This research note explores the EU spectrum policy framework. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Fragmented and often delayed 5G spectrum awards across the Balkans have created a widening deployment gap between EU and non‑EU markets in the region. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
PolicyTracker’s 6 GHz benchmark covers implemented and planned unlicensed and licensed policies for spectrum in the band in 122 nations. One hundred and thirteen countries have unlicensed 6 GHz policies, while 21 of these nations are included in both the unlicensed and licensed categories. Twenty-nine nations that have unlicensed 6… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Nations across Europe have progressively opened spectrum in the lower 6 GHz range (5945-6425 MHz) for unlicensed use in line with European harmonisation decisions. In 2025, there has been a flurry of activities in the region focused on the future use of the Upper 6 GHz range. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
The dominant trend in Europe is to implement unlicensed 6 GHz policies across the 5945-6425 MHz range. Shared access to the upper 6 GHz band between WiFi and IMT is under study in the UK and at the regional level. A number of nations in the region are also considering… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
As nations around the world continue to implement 6 GHz policies – for both unlicensed and licensed use – there is significant variance in approaches leading to a fragmented policy landscape both across and within regions of the world. Policy variance relates not only to unlicensed or licensed policy positions,… Read more...