The availability of communications services is a fair indicator of economic health and a country’s rising fortunes. Since the end of military rule, Myanmar has gone from a telephone density of 13 per cent to 127 per cent and seen internet users rise from less than two million to over… Read more...

April 3, 2020: ARCEP has now published a supplementary consultation regarding spectrum awards in the overseas territories of Reunion and Mayotte regarding coverage requirements. This additional consultation period follows information from the Directorate-General of Enterprise. This supplementary consultation is open for comment until April 24. December 30, 2019 The French regulator,… Read more...

The T-Mobile / Sprint merger was approved by federal agencies partly on its commitments to divest spectrum to Dish. Will that still happen?  Read more...

April 2, 2020: This document will be published in the Federal Register on April 3. Comments can be made until May 3, while replies to those comments can be made until June 2. March 3, 2020: The FCC has released this document here. It will be open for comment for 30 days… Read more...

Five companies have applied for Belgium’s temporary 5G licences in the 3.6—3.8 GHz band. Read more...

Google is known as a Wi-Fi advocate, but its spectrum policy ambitions go much further. Cheap and ubiquitous Wi-Fi supports its internet business, led by its domination of the search market, but Google has a growing range of products which use the same bands. These include Google routers; the Nest… Read more...

Google and its parent Alphabet have broad interests in spectrum resources across a range of bands that are predominantly unlicensed. Google is particularly focused on mid-band 3.5 GHz and 6 GHz and mmWave 60 GHz spectrum. Google is a strong proponent of spectrum sharing and is a Charter member of… Read more...

The Belgian regulator, the BIPT, has issued a consultation on whether or not it should amend a 3.5 GHz band licence held by Citymesh to cover a wider area. The regulator had previously declined this request, but may review this decision in light of the short-term licences for the band… Read more...

The FCC has agreed to issue a consultation on changing the rules for Distributed Transmission Systems. The proposed new rules are intended to help broadcasters transition to the new US digital terrestrial television standard: ATSC 3.0. Comments can be made for 30 days after the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking's publication… Read more...

As the novel coronavirus spreads worldwide, spectrum regulators are acting to ensure that communications services remain available and resilient by making additional spectrum available to operators. Several have also delayed upcoming spectrum auctions. Read more...