Poland’s 5G wholesale network plan appears to have made substantial progress in recent months, with the country’s four mobile operators entering advanced talks with wholesale service provider Exatel and various government agencies. Read more...

Russia has reportedly released spectrum in the 26 GHz band in a bid to make up for a lack of available mid-band spectrum, but it seems mobile operators are not very interested. Read more...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) regulator has assigned the 26 GHz band for 5G, becoming the first country in the Middle East to award mmWave spectrum. Read more...

Australian regulator ACMA is proposing a new type of licence to allocate part of the 26 and 28 GHz bands as well as a break with the past in terms of how it calculates annual usage fees for the two bands. Read more...

Ofcom now believes the 39 GHz, 26 GHz and 66-71 GHz bands are the best for backhaul for Wi-Fi access points or mobile small cells. Read more...

Finland has assigned the upper portion of the 26 GHz band (25.1—27.5 GHz) to the country’s three mobile operators, raising €21 million in the process. Read more...

Norway's regulator Nkom recently completed the renewal of several mmWave bands used for fixed links but warned there isn't a "clear market demand" for the 26 GHz band and other mmWave 5G bands. Read more...

The two Asia-Pacific countries recently awarded spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band without using an auction, albeit for different reasons. Read more...

The country’s three mobile operators are either using 5G as an alternative to the fixed broadband monopoly run by the state-owned National Broadband Network (NBN) or are considering doing so. Read more...

Finnish regulator Traficom is pressing ahead with plans for the country’s 26 GHz auction despite the disruptive impact of the coronavirus. Read more...