by Richard Handford
A deal to swap spectrum between Telefonica and Vodafone in the UK received regulatory encouragement, while India's Reliance Jio Infocomm and RCom were given the cold shoulder. However, both situations indicate trading is on the rise. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has rejected an appeal by satellite operator ViaSat against a decision by the regulator Ofcom to authorise a rival firm, Inmarsat, to use the 2 GHz band to provide broadband services to air passengers. ViaSat may still press on with similar challenges in other… Read more...
by Richard Handford
New Zealand’s government wants the occupants of 3.5 GHz to vacate the band and is considering sharing auction proceeds with them as compensation. Read more...
by Mark Ballard
Ireland's 3.5 GHz auction last year demonstrated mobile operators' interest in this potential 5G band and this has been confirmed by the UK's auction results, where the price for a single block rose from £1 million to £38 million. The same auction also sold all the available 2.3 GHz lots… Read more...
by Richard Handford
Operators from countries such as South Korea, Japan and the US attended a meeting held by a group that backs 28 GHz for the first time. Mexico’s regulator was also represented. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The UK operator BT/EE has joined the legal battle against the spectrum regulator, Ofcom, seeking a judicial review of its decision on the upcoming auction of 3.4-3.6 GHz that will be heard in tandem with its rival Three’s case against the regulator over the same auction. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The regulator told PolicyTracker it is not currently considering releasing 2.3 GHz ahead of the eventual release of 3.4 GHz, as requested by O2. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
As BT/EE threatens to join rival operator Three in launching a legal challenge to the auction plan, PolicyTracker has learned that BT/EE's chief executive asked the head of UK regulator Ofcom to release the entire 3.4-3.8 GHz band as early as next year. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Three UK will seek a judicial review in the UK High Court of the competition rules Ofcom set for the upcoming spectrum auction. A ruling is not expected until early 2018, but the operator said the process would not affect deployment of commercial 5G services. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Ofcom also supports truncating the 66-76 GHz band to focus on 66-71 GHz for international 5G study and setting the same technical conditions for the three bands falling within 37-43.5 GHz. Read more...