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Asia and Middle East spectrum course: register now for discounted price
Nov 24, 2020
by PolicyTracker

PolicyTracker’s longest-running course, Understanding Modern Spectrum Management, boasts some of the leading thinkers in the field and the early bird price is available if you book by Thursday this week. It is taught in live and interactive three-hour sessions with trainers including Professors Martin Cave, William Webb and Gerard Pogorel,… Read more...

Lithuania eyes 700 MHz, 3.5 GHz, 26 GHz spectrum auctions
Nov 24, 2020
by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Lithuanian regulator RRT plans to launch a 700 MHz auction by the end of 2020 and sell 3.5 GHz spectrum in the first quarter of 2021. It will then auction the 26 GHz band if there is enough demand. Read more...

Slovakia 700 MHz, 900 MHz, and 1800 MHz
Nov 24, 2020
by PolicyTracker

Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic (TU SR) Read more...

US consultation on spectrum trade
Nov 23, 2020
by Toby Youell

The FCC is accepting comments on a proposed deal between Verizon and Bluegrass Cellular. The deal involves the trade of spectrum in the 600 MHz, 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1900 MHz, and mmWave bands in parts of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Petitions to deny are due on December 10, oppositions… Read more...

Facebook wants regulators to strengthen their focus on connectivity
Nov 23, 2020
by Dugie Standeford

Regulators should focus less on spectrum auctions to drive broadband availability in underserved areas and more on the economic and GDP value of accelerating connectivity, according to Facebook vice president Dan Rabinovitsj. Read more...

Nigerian consultation on 5G
Nov 23, 2020
by Toby Youell

November 23, 2020: The NCC has made this document available for public comment. The deadline is December 7. November 16, 2020 The NCC has published a draft consultation document on its website concerning 5G in Nigeria. The document sets out the regulator's vision for how 5G will be deployed in… Read more...

Which countries have met the EU’s 5G deadline?
Nov 20, 2020
by Manuel R. Marti

Many think of cold, snow-covered Finland and warm, sunny Italy as very different countries. Perhaps it is not surprising that their spectrum auctions have produced very different outcomes. Over the years, the home of Nokia has gained a reputation for carrying out affordable and exemplary spectrum assignments. When Finnish incumbent… Read more...

Slovenian consultation on radio spectrum management strategy for 2021-23
Nov 20, 2020
by Toby Youell

The Slovenian regulator, AKOS, has issued a consultation about its radio spectrum management strategy 2021 - 23. The consultation is available for public comment until December 12. Read more...

Canadian consultation on unlicensed access to 6 GHz band
Nov 20, 2020
by Toby Youell

The Canadian regulator, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), has issued a consultation about potentially making available the 5925 - 7125 MHz band on an unlicensed basis. According to the document, ISED is considering adopting a similar approach to the United States. In that approach, parts of the band… Read more...

Czech Republic’s delayed 5G auction concludes with no major new market entrants
Nov 19, 2020
by Manuel R. Marti

The Czech Republic's 5G auction concluded last week after several delays over the last two years. It seems not to have achieved its aim of introducing a fourth national competitor into the mobile market. Read more...