With over 10,000 satellites in orbit and megaconstellations such as Starlink growing fast, figuring out what to do with satellites once they stop working has become a major challenge. Read more...

PolicyTracker’s 6 GHz benchmark covers implemented and planned unlicensed and licensed policies for spectrum in the band in 122 nations. One hundred and thirteen countries have unlicensed 6 GHz policies, while 21 of these nations are included in both the unlicensed and licensed categories. Twenty-nine nations that have unlicensed 6… Read more...

Nations across Europe have progressively opened spectrum in the lower 6 GHz range (5945-6425 MHz) for unlicensed use in line with European harmonisation decisions. In 2025, there has been a flurry of activities in the region focused on the future use of the Upper 6 GHz range. Read more...

The dominant trend in Europe is to implement unlicensed 6 GHz policies across the 5945-6425 MHz range. Shared access to the upper 6 GHz band between WiFi and IMT is under study in the UK and at the regional level. A number of nations in the region are also considering… Read more...

Countries in Africa continue to implement unlicensed 6 GHz policies in the 5925-6425 MHz range, while the Ivory Coast, Namibia, Burundi and Mauritania are planning to implement licensed policies for Upper 6 GHz spectrum. Meanwhile, both South Africa and Zambia are considering both unlicensed and licensed policies in the upper… Read more...

Nations in the Middle East have typically opened lower 6 GHz spectrum for unlicensed use, while Saudi Arabia has released the entire 6 GHz band for such use. Recently, the UAE authorised licensed use of the upper 6 GHz band. Nations across the Americas have implemented unlicensed 6 GHz policies,… Read more...

Nations in Asia have typically adopted unlicensed 6 GHz policies in the 5925-6425 MHz range. Across all regions, the most concrete plans to license spectrum in the Upper 6 GHz range are found in Asia, following the lead of China and Hong Kong and taking into consideration 6 GHz IMT-related… Read more...

As nations around the world continue to implement 6 GHz policies – for both unlicensed and licensed use – there is significant variance in approaches leading to a fragmented policy landscape both across and within regions of the world. Policy variance relates not only to unlicensed or licensed policy positions,… Read more...

Europe is currently looking at a harmonised approach for the upper 6 GHz band. Read more...

The idea of pan-European spectrum regulation has been circling for decades, which has led to an overhaul of spectrum governance in the European Commission's proposed Digital Network Act. Read more...