by Mirva Villa
Upfront payments are criticised as a barrier to infrastructure investment, but what are the pros and cons of taking a staged approach? Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
Mobile operators spend a lot of money at spectrum auctions. That's been the case for many years. Read more...
by Richard Haas
The Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA) opposes a mobile allocation in the 6 GHz band as it is concerned about interference. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Twenty years after the Spectrum Policy Task Force (SPTF) issued a seminal report on how to give consumers better access to interference-free spectrum, US spectrum policy is still not sufficiently based on the public interest, says advocacy group Public Knowledge. Read more...
by Laura Sear
The working group for harmonising the bands for private local networks is looking at Norway and the UK's low and medium-powered regulations as references for Europe's framework, while the mobile industry argues against power limitations. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
That's one of the issues we tackle in our Spectrum Policy 101 podcast by talking to Peter Stuckmann, the head of the Future Connectivity Systems unit at the European Commission. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Taiwan's regulator has approved two separate mergers between mobile network operators (MNOs) but has imposed conditions that include obliging both new entities to shed frequencies. Read more...
by Mirva Villa
ComReg has opened a consultation on the proposed lease of spectrum rights from Dense Air and Vodafone to Eircom. This involves the lease 14 MHz of each operator's FWALA spectrum rights in the 3.6 GHz band to Eircom for three months. The consultation period is short, ending on February 9,… Read more...
by Mirva Villa
Costa Rica's Sutel has opened a public consultation on the plans to award new spectrum for mobile services. The regulator seeks stakeholder views on a possible auction process, amounts of spectrum required, and any other comments related to the licensing terms. Bands in consideration are 700 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 3.3-3.8… Read more...
by Mirva Villa
The Moldovan National Regulatory Agency ANRCETI has opened a public consultation on two draft decisions. The first is on the general authorisation and licencing regime in electronic communications. The second amends the rules on the use of unlicenced frequencies and short-range devices which do not require a technical permit. The… Read more...