The Bahamian Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA)  is consulting on its mobile market review, which assesses the competitiveness of the mobile market in the country. [caption id="attachment_44309" align="alignleft" width="150"] Spectrum holdings of BTC and Aliv - Click to enlarge (Source: URCA)[/caption] As part of this document, the URCA compares… Read more...

The UK regulator, Ofcom, is consulting on the progress of its current spectrum management work as well as proposed future projects. Ofcom is considering the establishment of spectrum sandboxes. These are areas where academics and industry can test equipment and coordination efforts. Ofcom suggests sandboxes could be used to test… Read more...

Europe’s newest state could be one of the last Balkan countries to roll out 5G. Read more...

April 4, 2022: The ACMA has extended the deadline for comments on this consultation until May 4. The agency has also made several small corrections to the original consultation document. These can be found under the corrections subheading here. March 7, 2022: The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has published… Read more...

According to operators, the causes include delays in sourcing equipment, rising energy costs, red tape and freeloading by hi-tech companies. The chair of the BEREC regulators' group added that high subscription costs were partly to blame. Read more...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has triggered closer cooperation between the Polish and Ukrainian regulators. Read more...

Since it entered the market in 2016, Reliance Jio has transformed India's mobile industry. It adopted a loss-leading strategy, offering mobile broadband services at almost-free prices. One reason it can offer such cheap services is that its all-IP LTE-only network is more spectrally efficient than its rivals that support legacy… Read more...

The second major iteration of the 5G standard includes support for higher frequencies as well as a new low power Internet of Things (IoT) standard. Read more...

Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA) Read more...

The emergency number system failed to secure federal funding for a multi-media upgrade last year but the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sees another opportunity over the coming months. Read more...