Latvia's regulator has issued a consultation on its plans to auction the 1432 - 1492 MHz band before January 2021. Responses must be submitted to the Public Utilities Commission (SPRK) by September 4. Read more...

Sprint has agreed to sell its nationwide portfolio of 800 MHz band licences to Dish for $3.6 billion as part of a sprawling deal that could fundamentally change the US mobile industry.  Read more...

July 30, 2019: This petition will be published in the Federal Register on July 31 here. Comments can be made until August 15, while replies to those comments have to be made by August 25. July 18, 2019 The FCC will allow stakeholders to oppose a Petition for Reconsideration filed by Bosch regarding… Read more...

Romania's regulator, ANCOM, has issued a consultation on its plans to auction the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, L-Band, 2.6 GHz, and 3.4 - 3.8 GHz bands. The regulator has made available a number of documents for public comment concerning the auction, including licence fees. The consultation is open until September… Read more...

The UK Spectrum Policy Forum has commissioned a study to identify potential problems with switching off 2G networks. Given the push for more spectrum for 5G, one big question is whether 2G or 3G networks will be the first to be refarmed, one of the study's authors says.  Read more...

Or to put it more more prosaically, we have moved offices! The new PolicyTracker address is: Suite 223, China Works, 100 Black Prince Road, London, SE1 7SJ, UK. All other company details remain the same, including our registered address. For the historically minded, our new building is the former home… Read more...

The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs may issue a consultation regarding its plans to auction the 700 MHz, 1400 MHz, and 2.1 GHz bands. PolicyTracker understands the recommended auction model could be an SMRA-Clock hybrid. The consultation will likely be in Q4 2019, while the auction itself could start in Q2… Read more...

Spectrum auctions are often designed to promote competition so as to lower prices for mobile consumers, but consultancy NERA has criticised a dataset that regulators use to assess market competitiveness. Read more...

The country is proposing beauty contests to assign spectrum in the 700 MHz band and reassign spectrum at 2.3 GHz. This is part of an assessment of its mobile broadband needs that also includes the 2.6 GHz band.  Read more...

France’s regulator Arcep has revealed its plans for assigning spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band. It has decided to go ahead with a mixed assignment format whereby some of the spectrum is auctioned to the highest bidder and some is assigned directly to mobile operators.  Read more...