Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Read more...

The US regulator, the FCC, has issued a consultation on a request it has received for a modification to a waiver granted to Proceq USA Inc. from rules relating to UWB ground penetrating radar. The modification concerns a further increase in transmit power. Comments can be made by June 8,… Read more...

The FCC is seeking public comment on a waiver request from Radwin Ltd regarding point-to-multipoint transmission limits at 5150 - 5250 MHz and 5725 - 5850 MHz. Comments can be made until May 15, while replies to those must be made by May 20. Read more...

The Irish regulator, ComReg, is consulting on whether it should allow a request from Imagine Communications Ireland to lease a total of 60 MHz from three 3.6 GHz band licence-holders for a number of locations. The leases would initially be valid for three months, potentially followed by a further 3… Read more...

One of the themes in our new Spectrum Auctions Dossier is the evolution of formats. The combinatorial clock auction has declined in popularity and recent years have been mostly been notable for minor modifications of an existing approaches. But there has been one truly revolutionary development: the incentive auction. The… Read more...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to allow Anterix to claim "eminent domain" on holdout narrowband licensees in the USA’s 900 MHz band (896—901/935—940 MHz). Read more...

This Tracker shows which operators have announced sunset dates for their 2G and 3G services. Read more...

Recent news about spectrum auctions has focussed on cancellations due to the COVID-19 crisis: but underlying this there are bigger issues explored in our new Spectrum Auctions Dossier.  In the past 20 years auctions have become the go-to means of assigning spectrum, but they are being questioned as never before.… Read more...

Hong Kong’s four mobile network operators (MNOs) are united in their dislike of the territory’s 5G restriction zones but have taken different approaches to work around the local bans. Read more...

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