by Dugie Standeford
With a settlement of the dispute between the South African government and spectrum regulator over plans to auction 700 MHz, 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum agreed at last, the country plans to move forward quickly with assigning some spectrum to a wholesale open access network (WOAN) and auctioning the… Read more...
by Richard Handford
China’s heft might aid the adoption of networked vehicles, although initial road safety applications appear low-key and history suggests progress in this sector will run at a stately pace. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Chilean government department responsible for spectrum policy, Subtel, has proposed new spectrum caps that would make the country’s mobile operators lose access to spectrum in the AWS, 1900 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Hungary’s regulator is planning to launch a 5G auction next year, with 700 MHz and 3400-3800 MHz spectrum expected to be made available. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) is about to issue its third opinion on 5G, according to its chair Jonas Wessel. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Italy’s multi-band auction for 5G frequencies became a two-week bidding battle, raising €6.5 billion for the state's coffers. That's more than double the country's target, exceeds by 164 per cent the value of initial offers, and outstrips the price paid in recent comparable tenders. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
UK regulator Ofcom has confirmed the arrangements for its grant scheme for PMSE equipment owners and users who are being forced to vacate the 700 MHz band. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Belgium is planning to hold an auction next year of spectrum for 5G (700, 1400 and 3600 MHz bands) and an auction of spectrum where current licences expire in March 2021 (900, 1800 and 2100 MHz bands). The government has said it wants to encourage a fourth mobile operator to enter the… Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Poland’s digital affairs minister Marek Zagórski says Warsaw will seek the European Commission’s support in its ongoing row with Moscow over Russia’s reluctance to release spectrum in the 700 MHz band. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
As numerous Eastern European countries accelerate their efforts to release the 694-790 MHz band for mobile broadband services, Serbia and Romania are pushing ahead with their plans to launch 5G spectrum auctions. Read more...