Since PolicyTracker’s last publication of its private networks benchmark in 2022, a growing pool of regulators around the world continues to assign spectrum for use by private networks on a localised basis. Many more regulators are also planning to release spectrum for such use in the short term. Read more...

Nations in Asia are assigning 26/28 GHz spectrum for localised use, along with spectrum across multiple mid-band ranges. Notable developments in the region since the publication of PolicyTracker’s last private network benchmark are discussed below. Read more...

Part one of this update detailed private spectrum policy development at a global level while part two dealt with Asia. This Research Note provides a view of developments in the rest of the world across Europe, the Americas and the Middle East. Read more...

The assignment of spectrum in frequency ranges between 3300—3800 MHz and in the 26 GHz range dominate private spectrum policy agendas. Despite this focus on mid-band and mmWave spectrum, there is a wide variance in both the spectrum bands and bandwidth amounts allocated for private use across different countries. Read more...

Which countries have assigned spectrum for private networks or are planning to do so. (Updated July 2023) Read more...

An overview of the national technical criteria and licensing approaches used. Read more...

Defence ministries around the world control a significant amount of spectrum. Thanks to advances in spectrum sharing, there is an opportunity to share some of these frequencies with commercial users, particularly from the mobile industry. But are defence users willing allies? Read more...

PolicyTracker’s 2023 country profiles cover Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, the UK and the US. In this overview we analyse their spectrum release plans; approach to 6 GHz; policy on private networks; and plans for 6G. Read more...

Amid the woes of the "Big Tech" companies in 2022, including wide-scale layoffs and project scale-backs, in 2023, Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft continue to advance spectrum policy agendas across an array of spectrum bands and sectors. Spectrum sharing and unlicensed spectrum are high on the spectrum policy agendas of… Read more...

India has a long history of high-rolling auctions and the one that took place in 2022 was no exception. Read more...