Despite repeated spectrum harmonisation requests from its western neighbours, Russia has decided to extend the use of the 700 MHz band for analogue TV broadcasting for another year. Read more...

Spain’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (MINECO) has said that the country’s reorganisation of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band is now complete. Read more...

The New Zealand government has agreed with the country's Māori Spectrum Working Group that 20 per cent of all commercial spectrum assigned in the future will go to a new Māori spectrum entity at no charge. This entity will also receive NZ$57 million ($38 million) in government funding. Read more...

Local operators aim to prove they can share the band with Russia’s law enforcement agencies and the armed forces. Read more...

North Macedonia has put 5G frequencies up for sale while an operator in neighbouring Serbia accuses the country's government of obstructing the assignment of spectrum. Read more...

Responses to a recent Ofcom consultation reflect the difficulties mobile operators are having in their attempts to trade spectrum and achieve contiguous blocks in the 3.4—3.8 GHz band. Read more...

The sale of 2.6 GHz and 3.4—3.8 GHz spectrum raised a total of NOK 3.8 billion ($447 million). Read more...

French regulator ARCEP has launched two consultations on planned 5G spectrum auctions in the country’s overseas territories. Read more...

Romanian regulator Ancom has unveiled the draft terms for the country’s highly anticipated 5G auction of spectrum in the 800 MHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.3—3.8 GHz bands. Read more...

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...