by Toby Youell
The UK regulator, Ofcom, is consulting on a request from two operators to trade a 25 MHz block of the 2.6 GHz band. Under the proposed trade, which Ofcom is minded to believe has a low risk of distorting competition, EE would sell the 2595 - 2620 MHz band to… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The award of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to Stanford University professors Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson is well deserved, spectrum experts told PolicyTracker. One economist, however, accused the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences of rewarding "economic games". Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
A recently launched online trading platform for mobile roaming contracts that works like a commodity market may in the longer term incentivise spectrum trading and sharing, including providing a new way for 5G verticals to access spectrum. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
At PolicyTracker's recent webinar, speakers asked whether spectrum policy could help push telecoms companies toward a more environmentally-friendly future. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 appeared optimistic. Extreme poverty, for example, is to be eradicated, while everyone will also have access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy. And while the pandemic appears to have reversed progress towards these goals, there is reason… Read more...
by Toby Youell
October 14, 2020: The Hong Kong authorities have agreed to extend the deadline for this consultation until November 10, 2020. This extension follows a request from industry. September 23, 2020 The Hong Kong Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (SCED) and the Communications Authority (CA) are jointly consulting on assigning… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
If you missed yesterday's Greening spectrum policy webinar a recording is now available to watch on our webinars archive, where the presentations can also be downloaded. It was a fascinating discussion, featuring presentations from Pernilla Bergmark, Ericsson principal researcher for sustainability and co-chair of the ITU’s group on climate change… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
It's not clear why the prices in Israel's 700 MHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz auction were noticeably asymmetric, but it could be due to the differing values of spectrum lots or the use of the combinatorial clock auction (CCA) format. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Thirty-one years ago, New Zealand decided to privatise radio spectrum. The reforms this entailed, especially the use of auctions to assign spectrum rights, have revolutionised spectrum management around the world. But what will happen next? Read more...
by Toby Youell
The key officials at the US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have voted along party lines to allow non-public safety organisations to use the 4940—4990 MHz band. Read more...