The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) awarded IMT frequencies in the 4.9 GHz band to SoftBank in November 2024 through a beauty contest but its next award might be via country’s first spectrum auction. Read more...

Renewing tens of spectrum licences, ensuring nationwide coverage and introducing a new type of licence are all on the agenda of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). Read more...

Shanghai has been selected as the host city of the next World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027. Read more...

    Please find links below to download the latest version of  the PolicyTracker Spectrum Database (PSD) as an excel file. This is updated every three months. For help with this version, see our guides here. Read more...

Shows national spectrum holdings in high, mid and low bands with the full list of licences at the bottom. Please note a) not all licence holders offer services to the public b) this page cannot be used to compare holdings in multiple countries. Sourcing and methodology is available here. Read more...

While vendors typically agree that both existing and new spectrum bands are needed to support 6G, their positions vary on unlicensed spectrum policies – particularly as they relate to 6 GHz spectrum, including hybrid sharing of the upper 6 GHz band. Vendors are also at odds over whether dedicated spectrum… Read more...

Intel argues that spectrum suitable for wide-area, high-power cellular technologies such as 5G should be cleared and flexibly licensed to allow carriers to change services, technologies and business plans freely. Intel also argues that current and future generations of Wi-Fi and other unlicensed technologies should be supported by making additional… Read more...

Huawei typically supports exclusive spectrum licensing policies including licensed use of the upper 6 GHz band, arguing that the 6425-7125 MHz range should be a key pillar of 6G roadmaps developed by national regulators. For 6G, Huawei also identifies sub-1 GHz and mid-band spectrum as central resources, along with spectrum… Read more...

Qualcomm argues that additional spectrum for both exclusively licensed 5G and 6G operations and unlicensed use cases is needed to support growing demands and generational mobile technology advances. The company also recognises that spectrum access will involve increasingly dynamic and intensive spectrum sharing due to the shrinking supply of greenfield… Read more...

While Samsung supports unlicensed lower 6 GHz spectrum, its focus is on the harmonisation and release of additional mid-band spectrum for 5G and ultimately 6G. Samsung prioritises exclusive licensing of newly targeted upper mid-band spectrum for 6G and in existing bands it argues that flexible licensing, such as local licensing,… Read more...