Some stakeholders and regional groups have drafted a preliminary position on Mobile-Satellite Agenda Items. Read more...

Regional groups have drafted an initial position on agenda items relating to Fixed-Satellite and Broadcasting Satellite services. This is an overview. Read more...

Data on this band highlights the issue of fragmented and diverse policy approaches to the release of private spectrum. Scroll down and across to view the full table. Read more...

Data on this band highlights the issue of fragmented and diverse policy approaches to the release of private spectrum. Scroll down and across to view the full table. Read more...

PolicyTracker’s D2D-IMT benchmark profiles developments relating to the regulation and authorisation of satellite direct-to-device (D2D) services based on mobile operators’ licensed frequencies. WRC-27 will consider this topic under Agenda Item 1.13, but regulatory work is already ongoing in some parts of the world to meet industry demand to launch D2D-IMT… Read more...

Satellite D2D services are reshaping connectivity by enabling direct communication with standard smartphones. This research note explores the approaches of six key players in the industry, focusing on their spectrum strategies and commercial progress. Read more...

PolicyTracker’s updated 3.3-4.2 GHz benchmark tracks the status of spectrum policies related to this mid-band range across 122 countries and territories that continue to progress assignments for IMT/5G use, along with a growing number of nations that are earmarking spectrum for use on a localised basis. While the assignment of… Read more...

Nations in Africa represent fourteen percent of the nations and territories included in PolicyTracker’s updated 3.3-4.2 GHz benchmark, including seven new nations in the region. In Africa, the amount of spectrum assigned in the 3.5 GHz range is in the order of 200 to 300 MHz, with spectrum assigned per… Read more...

Status of 3.3 - 4.3 GHz assignments in Africa Read more...

Nations in the Americas represent nineteen percent of the nations and territories included in PolicyTracker’s updated 3.3-4.2 GHz benchmark. Twenty-three nations in the region are now included the benchmark, with nine new nations included. Regulators in the region are typically assigning between 200 to 500 MHz of 3.5 GHz of… Read more...