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PolicyTracker has interviewed Antonio Nicita, commissioner of Italian regulator Agcom, about benchmarking, auction designs and the "sky-high" prices paid in Europe's latest 5G tender. 

The ongoing hunt for low latency communications between financial exchanges has generated renewed interest in the technology used for shortwave broadcasting – but using the spectrum in this way appears…

The governing council of Slovenia’s telecoms regulator AKOS has recommended that the government dismiss the agency’s director, Tanja Muha, on the grounds that she allegedly misled the council with her…

The rapid development of sub-orbital technology means that space flight will soon be a reality, the ITU says.

Three academics have suggested to US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it authorise mmWave spectrum access as a golf club might manage its membership. 

Officials from the Americas region secured the leadership of two out of three Bureaus in the ITU elections, which were held during the first week of the organisation's 20th Plenipotentiary Conference…

Many countries across the Asia-Pacific region are still waiting to see the benefits of the digital dividend, available through the sought-after 700 MHz band. 

With a settlement of the dispute between the South African government and spectrum regulator over plans to auction 700 MHz, 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum agreed at last, the…

Speaking at a recent seminar, the soon-to-be former director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau Francois Rancy said that the current focus on millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum was "problematic" because it…

Jonas Wessel, chair of the EU advisory body the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG),  told a recent conference in Paris that the group’s work on 5G is completed and that…

Francois Rancy, the current director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau, the executive arm of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R), is stepping down after two terms in the role. His replacement…

The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would allow unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band. The band, which is also being studied…

Recent outcomes in European 5G auctions have raised alarms in the telecoms industry and spectrum assignment processes as we understand them today could soon be a thing of the past. 

China’s heft might aid the adoption of networked vehicles, although initial road safety applications appear low-key and history suggests progress in this sector will run at a stately pace. 

This is an important and challenging book that shows the general reader what will be required for the satellite industry to go from its current status - providing just one per cent…