by Dugie Standeford
The exploding number of satellite constellations, and growing national and international interest in a range of space initiatives from communications to climate change monitoring, have sparked a policy push to determine whether more spectrum is needed to power space activities and if so, in what bands. This research note considers… Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Poland’s mobile network operators (MNOs) have told the national regulator UKE they would prefer to wait at least two more years for spectrum in the 26 GHz band. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The country’s first auction in more than a decade saw two blocks of 100 MHz sold successfully but the sale of a third block failed. Read more...
by Mirva Villa
Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services - RÚ Read more...
by Laura Sear
The UK regulator is consulting on a proposal to make 560 MHz available in the 27.5—30 GHz band. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
PolicyTracker’s unlicensed 6 GHz benchmark now includes 83 nations and territories where unlicensed policies are either planned or in place. Seventy-seven per cent of nations in the benchmark have authorised or are planning to authorise unlicensed use of the lower 6 GHz range (5295/5245—6425 MHz). The remaining 23 per cent… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Nations across Africa continue to implement unlicensed 6 GHz policies that are largely focused on the lower portion of the band (5925—6425 MHz) in line with the African Telecommunication Union’s (ATU) recommended use of this range. In line with CEPT and European Commission harmonisation decisions, most European nations have opened… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Nations in the Americas and Asia continue to implement unlicensed 6 GHz policies. In the Americas, the typical approach is to open the entire 6 GHz band for unlicensed use, whereas nations in Asia are focused on releasing the lower portion of the band from 5925 to 6425 MHz. This… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
While nations have taken different decisions on opening the entire 6 GHz or the lower 6 GHz range for unlicensed use, there are also variations in policy approaches in terms of technical specifications for unlicensed operations and permitted modes of use and in relation to mechanisms used to implement unlicensed… Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
Administrations across the globe continue to assign, or plan to assign, spectrum in the 6 GHz band. Read more...