A demand by Belgium's communities and regions for a share of the proceeds from the country's planned 5G spectrum auction has stalled the process, prompting the regulator to offer short-term licences in the 3.6—3.8 GHz band.  Read more...

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The US regulator has sold all but two of the over 14,000 licences it made available in the 37.6—40 GHz and 47.2—48.2 GHz bands. Read more...

Iceland's three mobile operators will each receive 100 MHz in the 3500—3800 MHz range. Read more...

Amazon and Apple may both be more recent arrivals on the spectrum policy stage but their priorities are quite different as our two new Research Notes explain. Amazon is focussed on the unlicensed spectrum on which its devices, services and fulfilment centres rely. But it also has interests in drone… Read more...

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The Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) of Europe’s technical agency CEPT has agreed to support WRC-19’s two-stage approach for the 26 GHz band, but it has come up with a new transition date of 2024 instead of 2027.  Read more...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is considering a spectrum cap for next year’s 26 GHz auction. This seems surprising as elsewhere, policymakers have concluded supply exceeds demand for millimetre wave bands.  Read more...

It’s now pretty obvious that there is widespread concern about the deployment of 5G small cells in residential areas. A quick Google search reveals hundreds of websites, blogs and news stories arguing that using higher frequencies increases the risk of health problems related to exposure to radiofrequency emissions. The problem is that this… Read more...