In March 2025, Poland’s regulator UKE completed its highly-anticipated auction of the 700 and 800 MHz spectrum, selling a total of seven licences to four mobile network operators (MNOs). The agency’s 5G rollout efforts have been hampered by a lack of spectrum coordination agreements with Russia and prolonged policy talks with… Read more...

Canada typically auctions licensed spectrum on a regional basis, most recently in the November 2023 award of spectrum in the 3.8 GHz range. It has opened the full 6 GHz band for unlicensed use and is implementing a non-competitive licensing (NCL) framework across several bands in support of localised private… Read more...

The price of spectrum remains a central issue in India but now the discussion is as likely to involve frequencies for satellite as for IMT. Read more...

The country’s spectrum strategy revolves around attaining leadership in the next generation of mobile technology, with 6G being no exception. Read more...

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) awarded IMT frequencies in the 4.9 GHz band to SoftBank in November 2024 through a beauty contest but its next award might be via country’s first spectrum auction. Read more...

Renewing tens of spectrum licences, ensuring nationwide coverage and introducing a new type of licence are all on the agenda of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). Read more...

Shanghai has been selected as the host city of the next World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027. Read more...

    Please find links below to download the latest version of  the PolicyTracker Spectrum Database (PSD) as an excel file. This is updated every three months. To see the most up to date version in Google Sheets, click here. See end of page for the Private Networks Spectrum Regulatory… Read more...

Shows national spectrum holdings in high, mid and low bands with the full list of licences at the bottom. Please note a) not all licence holders offer services to the public b) this page cannot be used to compare holdings in multiple countries. Sourcing and methodology is available here. Read more...

While vendors typically agree that both existing and new spectrum bands are needed to support 6G, their positions vary on unlicensed spectrum policies – particularly as they relate to 6 GHz spectrum, including hybrid sharing of the upper 6 GHz band. Vendors are also at odds over whether dedicated spectrum… Read more...