Austrian regulator RTR is planning to auction national licences for spectrum in the 26 GHz band, despite its previous reluctance to do so. Read more...

China has identified 6425—7125 MHz for IMT in a revised version of the country’s radio frequency allocation regulations, which also sees 26, 40 and 70 GHz added. Read more...

The Hungarian regulator hopes that distributing 32 GHz spectrum to operators will facilitate the deployment of the 26 GHz band for 5G. Read more...

Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Supervision Agency (TTJA) has completed its auction of 24.7—27.1 GHz for 5G and hopes to launch a 2.3 GHz auction in the autumn. Read more...

UK regulator Ofcom recently launched a consultation on how to assign a total of 6 GHz in the 26 and 40 GHz bands. Qualcomm has shared its views on this with PolicyTracker. Read more...

The Moldovan National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) is preparing to auction the key spectrum for 5G. Read more...

After last year’s auction of 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz spectrum, the regulator will now put 26 GHz spectrum up for sale. Read more...

Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) intends to auction 5G spectrum in the 4.9, 26 and 40 GHz bands, a new departure for a country that usually prefers beauty contests. Read more...

Bite Latvija has launched legal action against the Public Utilities Commission (SPRK), alleging there has been an “unreasonable delay” in allowing it to use the 3.6 GHz spectrum gained from its acquisition of Unistars. Read more...

Three operators successfully bid for a total of 1,800 MHz, but some spectrum remained unsold. Read more...