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...

Chile's 5G award has attracted interest not only from the four largest mobile operators but also from a new player, Borealnet, which is owned by the controversial US firm Rivada Networks. Read more...

Many regulators are eyeing the 26 GHz band for 5G, but the business case is still not clear. Read more...

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...