The Australian government will release a discussion paper on the future of free-to-air broadcasting in early 2025, says the country’s communications minister Michelle Rowland. Read more...

United States Cellular Corporation (UScellular) plans to sell some spectrum licences to Verizon for $1 billion. It's not yet clear if the move creates any antitrust issues. Read more...

Moldovan regulator ANRCETI has launched the country’s highly anticipated auction of 700 MHz, 900 MHz, 1500 MHz, 2300 MHz, 2600 MHz, 3600 MHz and 26 GHz spectrum.  Read more...

The UKE is playing down industry concerns about potential cross-border interference from a Ukrainian digital terrestrial TV broadcaster. Read more...

Belgrade is preparing to launch its long-awaited 5G spectrum auction after postponing the procedure several times.  Read more...

The ACCC has given the go-ahead to network and spectrum-sharing agreements between Optus and TPG Telecom, the country’s second and third largest MNOs. Read more...

The regulator Anatel is planning a new auction for 2025. Read more...

Telstra and Optus have chosen to delay switching off their 20-year-old 3G networks until the end of October—shortly after Singaporean operators made a similar decision. Read more...

Russia’s mobile operators are using discussions with the government about its "Data Economy" project to attempt to gain access to the 700 MHz band for 5G. Read more...

The regulator launched the assignment process for frequencies in the 700 MHz, 2.3 GHz and 3.6 GHz bands in early June but has declared it invalid because the only bidder, Viva, did not comply with the requirements. Read more...