by Richard Handford
Indian regulator Trai’s refusal to reconsider the starting prices for the upcoming major auction of 4G and 5G spectrum has left the country's government considering a number of options for how to proceed. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The director of spectrum at Sweden's regulator, Jonas Wessel, who also chairs the EU advisory body the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG), told delegates at the 14th Annual European Spectrum Management Conference that there was “very limited demand” for the 26 GHz range. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Thailand’s regulator is attempting to persuade the country’s operators to bid in a forthcoming auction of 700 MHz spectrum by offering to ease the repayment burden from past contests, including a controversial one in 2015. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore’s regulator, wants to assign the 3.5 GHz, 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands for a 5G launch in 2020, although like other ASEAN countries, it admits there is a problem in freeing up the C-band soon enough. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Finland may not be able to use the 700 MHz band for public safety networks due to interference from Russian TV broadcasting. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
With the arrival of LTE-based mobile broadband, the concept of dedicated spectrum for PPDR (public protection and disaster relief) applications has now evolved and governments are looking into a wide range of innovative approaches. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Rajan Mathews, director general of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), has told PolicyTracker that the national regulator’s reserve prices for an upcoming multiband spectrum auction are “presently unviable”. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The amount of spectrum in Asia identified for mobile use has increased over the last five years and so has the amount harmonised and subsequently licensed by regulators, according to a study by LS telcom. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
South Africa’s new finance minister Tito Mboweni appears to be serious about holding a 4G auction within a few months. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The sale of 700 MHz licences in Sweden raised a total of $311.9 million (SEK2.82 billion)–370 per cent more than the reserve price. Read more...