German regulator BNetzA is expected to confirm next week the final terms and design of the 5G auction due to take place in the first quarter of 2019.  Read more...

Frank Krüger, head of the digital society and infrastructure directorate at Germany’s federal ministry of transport and digital infrastructure, told this year’s LS telcom "Spectrum Summit" that while the country is planning to issue national licences in the 2 GHz and 3.4–3.7 GHz bands, it will also award regional licences in… Read more...

Some policymakers are starting to believe that coverage may be a more important policy objective for spectrum auctions than just filling government coffers. Read more...

Deutsche Telekom (DT) and Huawei claim they achieved 2 Gbps throughput with three millisecond latency. Read more...

The proposed grouping would be coordinated by Brussels, comprise spectrum chiefs from regulators and deal with more political issues. Read more...

Provisions for wireless power transfer (WPT) in an existing ETSI standard for short range devices have been exceeded in a recent test and the section in the standard relating to WPT has been deleted. ETSI is working to create a new harmonised WPT standard. Read more...

European ministries of the interior, commercial suppliers and industry associations have jointly rejected a German proposal to provide a 2 x 10 MHz block of spectrum for broadband public protection and disaster relief (PPDR) services in the 700 MHz duplex gap. Read more...

The German regulator, Bundesnetzagentur, raised €5.1 billion in its auction of the 700 MHz band, the GSM bands (900 MHz and 1800 MHz) and the L-band (1452–1492 MHz). Read more...

The open-source initiative, called BigWhoop, will start by tracking planes and satellites but could go much further. Read more...

New entrants would be exempt from rollout conditions in major multiband auction. Read more...