by Jonathan Watson
Regulators in many countries continue to grapple with issues like awarding spectrum in higher bands, whether to renew expiring licences or re-auction the relevant spectrum, simplifying regulation to facilitate the launch of innovative satellite services, and deciding what to do with the 6 GHz band. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
The past 12 months has seen the leading economies wrestling with a new policy issue—satellite direct-to-device services—as well as assigning mid-band spectrum and finalising positions on 6 GHz. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Common issues for national administrations are assigning mid-band spectrum, renewing expiring licences and taking measures to encourage sharing in new and existing licences. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
The most popular approach in the leading economies is to make the lower portion of 6 GHz available for unlicensed use while leaving the upper range for IMT. However, policies are still developing, particularly in Brazil, the UK, India and Japan. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Most leading economies are continuing to make spectrum available for local 5G private networks using a variety of bands and approaches. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
PolicyTracker’s 2023 country profiles cover Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, the UK and the US. In this overview we analyse their spectrum release plans; approach to 6 GHz; policy on private networks; and plans for 6G. Read more...