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Amateur radio operators are pushing back against two proposals for consideration at WRC-23, along with several issues on the agenda for WRC-19. 

Dynamic Spectrum Access technology had been seen as a fringe academic interest, according to its advocates, but now they say its application is global and imminent.

Extended payment terms and pay-as-you-go are two ways that regulators are spreading the financial load for mobile operators. 

The country’s railway operator wants frequencies in the 700 MHz band for no charge, an optimistic request in a country where spectrum is often sold for eye-watering amounts. 

Sprint has agreed to sell its nationwide portfolio of 800 MHz band licences to Dish for $3.6 billion as part of a sprawling deal that could fundamentally change the US…

The UK Spectrum Policy Forum has commissioned a study to identify potential problems with switching off 2G networks. Given the push for more spectrum for 5G, one big question is…

Spectrum auctions are often designed to promote competition so as to lower prices for mobile consumers, but consultancy NERA has criticised a dataset that regulators use to assess market competitiveness.

The country is proposing beauty contests to assign spectrum in the 700 MHz band and reassign spectrum at 2.3 GHz. This is part of an assessment of its mobile broadband…

France’s regulator Arcep has revealed its plans for assigning spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band. It has decided to go ahead with a mixed assignment format whereby some of the…

Indian regulator Trai’s refusal to reconsider the starting prices for the upcoming major auction of 4G and 5G spectrum has left the country's government considering a number of options for…

Revenues from the sale of the 3.7–4.2 GHz band in the US could be shared between the federal government and satellite operators, according to new “compromise” draft legislation.

The UK Spectrum Policy Forum has convened a closed group of experts to advise the government on what can be done to fully exploit dynamic spectrum access (DSA). 

Israel's government has published more details on the country's upcoming 5G auction which aims to encourage investment through incentives worth up to €125 million. 

US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to auction the white spaces around current deployments in the 2.5 GHz band.

The parliament of Lower Saxony in Germany has passed a resolution urging the regional government to cut funding for DAB+ digital radio.