The CEO of 1&1, Ralph Dommermuth, thinks operators should decide among themselves how spectrum should be divided up. Read more...

Regulators across Europe have been assigning the C-band to industrial users and recently France's Arcep awarded 13 trial licences in the 3.8—4.0 GHz band. Read more...

BNetzA's new position paper presents a potentially significant change to the lower band licences. Read more...

The solution uses CBRS spectrum in the United States but diverging spectrum policies may be a barrier as the service expands. Read more...

A new report from the industry body argues that mobile network operators (MNOs) are not seeing fair returns compared to big tech companies and that reserving spectrum for verticals may be contributing to this imbalance. Read more...

Germany was the first EU member state to set aside part of the 3.6 GHz band for verticals, attracting both praise and criticism. It has now amended its regulations to allow mobile operators to use the spectrum as well. Read more...

German competition advisory body the Monopolkommission has urged the German regulator to use spectrum auctions despite a recent change in the telecoms law that means they are no longer the first choice for licence awards. Read more...

Germany’s new three-party coalition government promised to protect the UHF band in a recently published policy document and has called for support from other countries. Read more...

The newly launched Alliance for Broadcasting and Cultural Frequencies is campaigning to keep the 470—694 MHz band away from mobile operators, the military and the security services. Read more...

Once considered a pioneer mobile band, 450 MHz is attracting growing attention as a band for mission-critical next-generation communications for utilities, governments and other uses, but the UK utility sector is seeking access to different frequencies for next-generation operations. Read more...