Mobile infrastructure manufacturers Qualcomm, Nokia and Ericsson have urged European regulators and governments to incentivise and prioritise the release of the 26 GHz band, as only a handful of administrations have awarded spectrum in the band so far.  Read more...

A spat between Lithuania’s competition watchdog and its transport and communications ministry could delay the country’s 700 MHz auction. Read more...

Regulators in Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia have announced plans to sell 5G spectrum this year Read more...

Peru’s new national frequency plan will introduce a number of significant changes, including allowing unlicensed use in the whole 6 GHz band, enabling TV white spaces and making 26 GHz a 5G band. Read more...

Australia’s auction of spectrum in the 26 GHz band was at the high end of such contests financially on an international basis, as the country’s mobile network operators (MNOs) eye 5G for fixed wireless as well as mobile services. Read more...

Chile recently completed the region’s first 5G award, assigning a total of 1800 MHz in the 700 MHz, AWS, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz bands for more than $450 million. Read more...

Lack of demand and uncertainty regarding the business case are prompting regulators in the UK and Ireland and other countries to contemplate an administrative assignment for the release of the 26 GHz band. Read more...

German regulator BNetzA recently made 26 GHz available for local licensing, which is one of the three main approaches for the band to have emerged so far, according to Qualcomm. The others are club licences, as used in Italy, and the spectrum reservations for verticals adopted in Finland. Read more...

The European Commission has again criticised EU member states for delays in spectrum assignments, suggesting that their policies have been holding back 5G rollouts in Europe. Read more...

Greek regulator EETT has sold licences in the 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz bands just two weeks before the European Commission’s 2020 spectrum deadlines. Read more...