Canada typically auctions licensed spectrum on a regional basis, most recently in the February 2026 award of residual spectrum in the 2300 MHz, 3500 MHz, and 3800 MHz bands. Read more...

In the Americas, the focus of mmWave policies is on the release of 26 GHz and 28 GHz under regional and, to a lesser degree, national licensing frameworks. To date, mmWave spectrum for use on a localised basis by private networks has only been assigned in Canada and Brazil. Read more...

PolicyTracker’s private network benchmark now includes nine countries in the Americas that have assigned or plan to assign spectrum for use by private networks, representing 13% of all benchmark countries. Read more...

Nations in the Americas represent nineteen percent of the nations and territories included in PolicyTracker’s updated 3.3-4.2 GHz benchmark. Twenty-three nations in the region are now included the benchmark, with nine new nations included. Regulators in the region are typically assigning between 200 to 500 MHz of 3.5 GHz of… Read more...

Canadian-based Telesat is a longstanding geostationary fixed satellite service operator. In late 2024, Telesat secured funding required to launch its Lightspeed Ka-band Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation, with its first Lightspeed satellite launches planned for the second half of 2026 and commercial service launch planned for the end of 2027.… Read more...

Canada typically auctions licensed spectrum on a regional basis, most recently in the November 2023 award of spectrum in the 3.8 GHz range. It has opened the full 6 GHz band for unlicensed use and is implementing a non-competitive licensing (NCL) framework across several bands in support of localised private… Read more...

There is ongoing momentum around the world as regulators continue to earmark unlicensed or lightly-licensed frameworks spectrum for shared use by localised private networks. The same holds true for unlicensed 6 GHz policy implementations and expanded sharing arrangements in the lower 6 GHz range. A more recent development pertains to… Read more...

While WRC-23 identified portions of the upper 6 GHz band for IMT, there is emergent consideration of sharing between Wi-Fi and IMT in the range. Spectrum sharing is also under investigation between terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks underpinned by the need for 6G to be sharing native by design. Read more...

The mantra of spectrum management is the efficient use of scarce radio frequency resources. Over recent years, a number of regulators have sought to enable third party access to unused or under-utilised licensed spectrum resources. Notable examples of this activity are found in the UK, Australia and in several nations… Read more...

Countries in Africa continue to implement unlicensed 6 GHz policies in the 5925—6425 MHz range, while the Ivory Coast is considering licensed upper 6 GHz spectrum. While nations in the Americas have typically implemented unlicensed 6 GHz policies, there is also recent interest in licensed upper 6 GHz spectrum in… Read more...