Belgian regulator BIPT has confirmed that a new entrant has acquired 2 x 30 MHz in the 700 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz bands for €83million. This could make the country a four-player mobile market. Read more...

The European Commission has expanded the frequency bands available for 5G across the European Union. Read more...

Slovak regulator the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (RÚ) is aiming to launch an auction of 3.6 GHz spectrum between February and March 2022. Read more...

The Belgian regulator BIPT has published a call for candidates for a long-awaited 5G auction that could open the door for a fourth mobile network operator (MNO) or enterprise network provider. Read more...

Urban areas delivered most of the revenues in the country’s regional auction of 850/900 MHz, although competition for frequencies was more intense outside the cities. Read more...

Portugal’s 5G award raised a relatively moderate amount—just over €566 million—but the 1,727 rounds and 201 days of bidding made it easily the longest spectrum auction ever held.  Read more...

French regulator ARCEP has launched two consultations on planned 5G spectrum auctions in the country’s overseas territories. Read more...

Australian communications minister Paul Fletcher is not wholly acting on the advice of the country’s competition watchdog on setting a spectrum cap for a forthcoming auction. Read more...

The country’s minister of communications and multimedia has awarded 2 x 5 MHz in the 900 MHz band directly to local company Altel without an open tender—a year after making an identical decision, which was later revoked. Read more...

Regulators in Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia have announced plans to sell 5G spectrum this year Read more...