Plans are in their early stages but Ofcom is looking at the possibility of granting industrial and commercial users direct access to spectrum in the satellite band. The regulator is also due to announce its plans for coverage obligations in its auction of 700 MHz spectrum in the coming months. Read more...

In the second part of this two-part series, we reflect on the continuing discussions this year about the mmWave bands. Read more...

"Tuning range" solutions, in which adjacent or nearly adjacent bands can be considered harmonised if equipment can be reconfigured to operate over multiple bands, are capable of generating the same benefits as harmonised spectrum allocations, says the mobile industry body. Read more...

PolicyTracker recently discussed 5G with Bruno Jacobfeuerborn, chief technical officer at Deutsche Telekom. Read more...

26 GHz was identified as a 5G candidate band at WRC-19 and 28 GHz was not. But in the real world, the distinction seems to be blurring. This was highlighted in the comments generated by a recent consultation. One approach is just to call them both 28 GHz... Read more...

Further trials in the 3.7 GHz band in Germany are on the way, says chief technology and innovation officer Claudia Nemat. 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...

Lorenzo Casaccia told a conference in Barcelona that 3.5 GHz is a worldwide 5G band, except in the US. He also announced mmWave mapping trials in ten cities worldwide. Read more...

PolicyTracker spoke to David Orloff, chair of the Small Cell Forum and director of AT&T's radio access networks product introduction group, about small cells, 4G and 5G. Read more...

Vodafone took Milan, while Telecom Italia and Wind won the rights to hold trials in Prato and l’Aquila and Bari and Matera respectively. Read more...