by Dugie Standeford
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has invited applications for seven-month temporary spectrum licences in the high-demand frequencies it hopes, finally, to auction next year. Read more...
by Richard Haas
Irish regulator ComReg has launched a consultation on its strategy to promote Over-the-Air (OTA) provisioning. OTA provisioning is a practice that allows users to remotely change their mobile provider using an e-sim. ComReg is proposing an overarching strategy to promote the use of OTA provisioning in Ireland. This includes requiring… Read more...
by Richard Haas
The Costa Rican Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology, and Telecommunications (MICITT) has launched a consultation on its National Telecommunications Development Plan. The plan sets out the objectives, goals and priorities for the telecommunications sector for the following six years. It sets out three strategic areas, one of which focuses on… Read more...
by Richard Haas
The Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) has launched a public consultation on the use of the 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1500 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.6 GHz, 3.6 GHz and 26 GHz bands. The regulator notes that some of these frequencies have already been assigned to operators,… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The 5G Observatory is funded by the European Commission and assesses progress towards EU policy goals by reporting and analysing the latest 5G developments. Titled 5G in the Digital Decade, this free stakeholder workshop will present the main findings from the third year of the project, providing an overview of the progress… Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Brazilian regulator Anatel says it has raised over BRL 47.2 billion ($8.5 billion) in the country’s largest-ever spectrum auction, although most of this amount will take the form of investments over the next decade as bidders have only spent BRL 7.4 billion ($1.27 billion). Read more...
by Toby Youell
In 1961 the USSR launched the 'space race' by successfully sending Yuri Gagarin to space, and back. Sixty years on, we are again in another 'space race'. But aside from competition to put actors into space the current race is not between Roscosmos and NASA, but is between a plethora… Read more...
by Richard Haas
The head of the spectrum unit at the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) told PolicyTracker that high annual fees were to blame for the disappointing results of a recent spectrum auction. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The upper 60 GHz band exposes the differences between good spectrum policy-making in the EU and Africa. Africa and the EU should be united on this one, say H Sama Nwana and William Webb Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
A new study from the UK Spectrum Policy Forum urges telecoms regulator Ofcom to add environmental responsibilities to its list of statutory duties. Read more...