Romanian regulator Ancom has released its draft action plan for 2018 which states that it wants to auction spectrum for 5G by the end of next year. Read more...

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) had expected to start an auction procedure in March, but is now bogged down in a lawsuit with the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services amid plans for a wireless wholesale open access network (WOAN). One consultant doubts ICASA's process will ever… Read more...

After the failed 2015 auction, which only ended after the government intervened, Poland's auditor says the law needs to change. Read more...

Discussions are in their final stages and are focused on the best way to release spectrum in the 3.4-3.8 GHz and 700 MHz ranges, PolicyTracker can reveal. Read more...

There are hopes that a new entrant could join the mobile market, but getting through to the country’s president, Rodrigo Duterte, is not easy. Read more...

  Poland’s telecoms regulator UKE is in talks with its counterparts in Russia and Ukraine on releasing spectrum for 5G in the 700 MHz band, but its priority is to allocate the 2.3-2.4 GHz and 3.4-3.8 GHz bands for 5G rollout.   Read more...

 Rupert Pearce, chief executive of Inmarsat, says that 5G will consist of “spectrum coalitions” to deliver heterogeneous networks. Read more...

Representatives of the broadcasting industry have challenged political and industry rhetoric that Europe is lagging behind the US in terms of spectrum release. Read more...

Polish Minister of Digital Affairs Anna Streżyńska says the country is currently developing its 5G spectrum policy and modifying its spectrum allocation plans and related legal documents to ensure there will be adequate spectrum for 5G rollout. Read more...

The UK operator's head of regulatory strategy, Inge Hansen, told a conference in Brussels last week that it would be "good to have more European cooperation" on technical standards. Read more...