by Toby Youell
Romania's regulator, ANCOM, has issued its draft Action Plan for 2020 for a public consultation. The draft document includes its plans to auction the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1500 MHz, 2.6 GHz, 3.4 - 3.6 GHz bands in the first half of 2020. It also discusses the proposed extension of… Read more...
by Spectrum Research Service Blog
Although not necessarily as lucrative as some previous mobile generations, 4G has successfully put the smartphone into the center of everyday life in the industrialised world. Watches, torches, taxis, cameras and even cash appear to have entered the dustbin of history during the 2010s. But as we turn over to… Read more...
by Richard Handford
Taiwan’s government has announced that the 4.8—4.9 GHz band is open to private users to test 5G services ahead of licensing in 2021—2022. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Sweden's regulator, the PTS, has announced it will hold a consultation in Q1 2020 concerning its planned auction of the 2.3 GHz and 3.5 GHz band. The regulator will have to make sure that the auction is in line with recently-passed telecoms legislation that requires the regulator to take into… Read more...
by Toby Youell
FCC chair Ajit Pai has urged the US Congress to repeal a law that mandates the regulator to start an auction of parts of the T-Band (470—512 MHz) in 2021. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Polish regulator the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has released the draft terms of a highly-anticipated 3.6 GHz spectrum auction that will use a simultaneous multiple round auction (SMRA) format. Read more...
by Toby Youell
National Commission for Communications Regulation (NCCIR) Read more...
by Toby Youell
US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously agreed at its December Open Meeting to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will pave the way for mobile licences below 3.55 GHz. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Ivan Dimitrov, the president of Bulgaria’s regulator the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC), has announced that the institution plans to launch the procedure to assign 5G spectrum in the 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz bands between April and June 2020. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Australia historically has adopted an evidence-based approach to spectrum policy with an underlying belief that market-based competition between participants will produce the most favourable outcome, aided by a minimal intervention from regulators. Read more...