The Norwegian regulator, Nkom, has issued a consultation about the future of the 410 - 430 MHz band. A 2 x 1.8 MHz block of the spectrum is currently unused in Norway, so Nkom wants to know if there is any demand for its allocation and assignment. Recent Europe-wide harmonisation… Read more...

The new iteration of the PolicyTracker Spectrum Database (PSD) takes into account over 10,000 MHz of new or changed national spectrum assignments. The COVID-19 pandemic may have put several imminent spectrum auctions on ice, but the first three months of 2020 had already seen an enormous amount of spectrum put… Read more...

South Africa, which has struggled to award spectrum in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands, has now made it available on a temporary basis in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...

In the second of a series of webinars organised by PolicyTracker on the spectrum response to COVID-19, experts warned that relief measures such as provisional spectrum allocations may prove counterproductive.  Read more...

Japanese manufacturer Fujitsu received the country’s first commercial local 5G licence, with others already following.  Read more...

The Greek regulator, the EETT, has issued a supplementary consultation regarding its planned assignment of the 3.4 - 3.8 GHz band. The new consultation concerns alternative ways of assigning the band. The consultation is open for public comment until April 30. Read more...

Poland's regulator, the UKE, has issued a consultation on its proposals to change the technical rules for the 2.1 GHz bands. The consultation is open for public comment until May 12. Read more...

The use of spectrum auctions was once a black-and-white issue but is now more shades of grey. For over a decade auctions have been the predominant method of assigning spectrum because they incentivised spectrum efficiency and beauty contests often ended in legal challenges. But in many countries policy priorities have… Read more...

PolicyTracker has an ongoing programme of webinars which take a global perspective on the key policy debates in spectrum management. Expert speakers give presentations on the issues highlighted in our Newsletter and Spectrum Research Service, giving them more time to tackle complex and nuanced issues as well as highlighting the… Read more...

OTT players depend on cheap and ubiquitous broadband access. They promote this by campaigning for unlicensed spectrum, sharing and innovative technologies which stimulate competition or connect the developing world. Read more...