by Manuel R. Marti
South Africa’s new finance minister Tito Mboweni appears to be serious about holding a 4G auction within a few months. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has awarded the 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands through a public auction. This award increases the total amount of spectrum assigned to the mobile sector in Saudi Arabia by 69 per cent, from 420 MHz to 710 MHz. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Unusually, the country’s three operators were all given different bands for 5G by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Market leader China Mobile might emerge as the main beneficiary, analysts say. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
With a settlement of the dispute between the South African government and spectrum regulator over plans to auction 700 MHz, 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum agreed at last, the country plans to move forward quickly with assigning some spectrum to a wholesale open access network (WOAN) and auctioning the… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Chilean government department responsible for spectrum policy, Subtel, has proposed new spectrum caps that would make the country’s mobile operators lose access to spectrum in the AWS, 1900 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Mexico’s telecommunications regulator, IFT, has announced that in the recent 2.6 GHz auction the only two participants –AT&T and Telefónica– have paid 2.1 billion pesos ($113.4 million) for a total of 120 MHz. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Ukraine’s telecoms regulator NKRZI is planning to auction spectrum in the 1800 MHz band, including the blocks currently licensed to established operators Kyivstar, Vodafone and Lifecell. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz and 2600 MHz bands are under revision in CEPT for use with 5G New Radio (5G NR). Commercial deployment is on the way, say vendors. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Romanian regulator Ancom has released its draft action plan for 2018 which states that it wants to auction spectrum for 5G by the end of next year. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) had expected to start an auction procedure in March, but is now bogged down in a lawsuit with the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services amid plans for a wireless wholesale open access network (WOAN). One consultant doubts ICASA's process will ever… Read more...