The bands need to be rearranged to make space for the fourth operator. Read more...

South African regulator ICASA consults on a new spectrum sharing policy while pay-as-you-go WiFi providers say they need more spectrum. Read more...

Polish operators are calling on the country’s authorities to speed up the distribution of key 5G spectrum as the regulator prepares to launch two auctions in 2023. Read more...

Manner's latest book covers the evolution of spectrum use and management against the backdrop of emerging 5G technology. She focuses on a tech-neutral approach to upcoming challenges and provides a guide to the potential of satellite services in the 5G ecosystem. Read more...

US regulator FCC is requesting comments on changes to spectrum partitioning, disaggregation and leasing rules. The regulator has published the specifications on their website. The document is open for comments until October 20, 2022, and reply comments can be submitted until November 21, 2022. Read more...

Arcep has launched a consultation on a draft decision authorising a local body responsible for digital development in French Guiana to use frequencies in the 3.4-3.6 GHz band. The consultation is open for submissions until October 17, 2022. Read more...

ANACOM has launched a public consultation on Portugal's strategic spectrum plan. The consultation seeks views on the spectrum needs of digital terrestrial television, interest in the upper portion of the 6 GHz band and the spectrum requirements for shared use of the 3.8 GHz -4.2 GHz band, among other topics.… Read more...

Update September 20, 2022 South African regulator ICASA has extended the deadline for this consultation from September 19 until September 30, 2022. August 22, 2022 South African regulator ICASA has published an Information Memorandum announcing the authority's intention to launch a second phase of the IMT spectrum licencing process. ICASA seeks… Read more...

Google may have given up on Loon, but there is still plenty more to come from high-altitude platform stations (HAPS). WRC-19 defined operational characteristics and spectrum bands for HAPs, and a number of countries proposed similar regulatory visibility for platforms referred to as HIBs, high-altitude International Mobile Telecommunications base stations.… Read more...

Far from settling the long-running feud between Ligado and the GPS community, a review by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) of Ligado's L-band spectrum licence appears to have provided ammunition for both sides—and has now prompted the company to postpone its expected 30 September launch. Read more...