Virtual mobile operators are calling for a requirement to allow wholesale access to be enshrined in the country’s upcoming spectrum award. Read more...

Trai has released a draft report on enabling innovative technologies, services, use cases, and business models through a regulatory sandbox in the digital communication sector. The paper proposes that applicants should expressly spell out what regulatory requirements are being complied with and what exemptions from the existing regulatory regime pertaining… Read more...

The regulator, RU, has released a draft call for an auction of the 900 MHz and 2.1 GHz bands. The 900 MHz band will be awarded in two rounds. The first round will consist of 4 blocks of 2x5 MHz at a starting price of €16 million per block. The… Read more...

Ofcom is consulting on five potential candidate spectrum bands that might be suitable to support the future operational communications needs of the utilities sector. These are: 400 MHz (Northern Ireland only): 410-412 MHz paired with 420-422 MHz; 412-414 MHz paired with 422-424 MHz 450 MHz: within 450-470 MHz, part or… Read more...

An industry coalition has sent out a letter to the Council of the EU defending the WiFi case in the 6GHz discussions. In the meantime, US WiFi groups have delivered AFC testing standards to the FCC. Read more...

The Polish regulator claims the auction's final terms take account of the market feedback to its earlier proposals. Read more...

Google's parent company, Alphabet, has already made one unsuccessful bid to get more people connected in rural and remote areas. That was Project Loon, an ambitious attempt to provide Internet access using a series of high-altitude balloons. Read more...

Flight delays and cancellations are possible from 1 July if planes fail to retrofit their altimeters to operate in the 5G C-band, according to US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. Read more...

The ITU has published the final CPM report. It outlines technical, operational and regulatory issues relevant to the WRC-23 agenda and serves as the basis for the discussions at the conference. PolicyTracker summarises the agenda items that are proving most difficult to resolve. Read more...

Indotel, the regulator in the Dominican Republic, and Cuba's Ministry of Communications (Mincom) have pledged to free up spectrum in the UHF band to improve mobile networks. Read more...