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A research report from Canada's Scotiabank has accused Telefonica of obstructing spectrum auctions in Guatemala, contributing to a general shortage of assigned mobile spectrum in the region.

Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada (ISED), the government department responsible for spectrum, has published its "Spectrum Outlook", revealing its priorities for spectrum release between 2018 and 2022.

The Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) of Europe’s technical agency CEPT has established new emission limits for the 26 GHz band with the aim of harmonising this band in Europe for 5G before…

Spain’s first auction of frequencies for 5G has raised €437.65 million, leaving the big four mobile operators with roughly the same amount of 3.5 GHz spectrum.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for comments on a joint proposal from several satellite operators to cash out of the lower portions of the 3.7–4.2 GHz band (C-band),…

Radio frequency electromagnetic field exposure limits are increasingly of concern for the deployment of 4G and 5G networks, particularly where the limits are significantly higher than the guidelines set by…

After a spat between two departments, the Philippines government today decided to license a new entrant via beauty contest as it seeks to boost competition in what is arguably one…

Poland’s digital affairs minister Marek Zagórski says Warsaw will seek the European Commission’s support in its ongoing row with Moscow over Russia’s reluctance to release spectrum in the 700 MHz…

Under the 5G "roadmap" announced on 16 July, France plans to find more spectrum for 5G networks, promote the development of new uses, support the deployment of 5G infrastructure and…

Frank Krüger, head of the digital society and infrastructure directorate at Germany’s federal ministry of transport and digital infrastructure, told this year’s LS telcom "Spectrum Summit" that while the country is…

The UK is looking to implement a CBRS-like model in the 3.8-4.2 GHz band as part of a plan to facilitate verticals' access to 5G. 

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rejected a proposal from US broadcasters to remove the country from footnotes that were designed to enable global use of the 470–608 MHz band…

The future of the 870-876 and 915-921 MHz bands in European Union countries should be laid down at a meeting of the 28-member bloc's Radio Spectrum Committee (RSC) tomorrow.

Abdoulkarim Soumaila, secretary general of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), told PolicyTracker that he hopes the international community will come round to the ATU's way of thinking on two WRC-19…

"Wi-Fi is now seen as essential to 5G - to the extent that 5G networks are being designed to control handovers to and from Wi-Fi, and to balance and allocate…