Three Ireland has launched a legal challenge to the country's planned auction of 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum. Read more...

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and one of the country's mobile operators, Telkom, said they were open to settlement talks after the High Court blocked an auction of 5G spectrum and tender process for a wireless open-access network (WOAN). Read more...

Licensed shared access was conceived as a way to allow mobile services as secondary users in the 2.3—2.4 GHz band. Even with encouragement from the Radio Spectrum Policy Group in 2013, take-up remains tepid. Read more...

Indonesia completed its first spectrum auction in over three years, but some might say that the recent dissolution of the country's regulator is a more significant development. Read more...

High spectrum prices and slow migration to digital broadcasting may slow the rollout of 5G networks in South Africa, mobile operators say. Read more...

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) said it's preparing to publish invitations to bid for spectrum for a wholesale open access network and mobile services. Read more...

Sweden’s regulator PTS has revealed more details on two upcoming spectrum auctions, which will assign spectrum for local use in the 3.5 and 26 GHz bands.  Read more...

South Africa, which has struggled to award spectrum in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands, has now made it available on a temporary basis in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...

Myanmar aims to have released as much IMT spectrum by the end of 2021 as Japan and South Korea, its government said in a white paper.  Read more...

UK regulator Ofcom is inviting small businesses to apply for its new shared spectrum licences which enable enterprises to create their own local networks.  Read more...