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While it's still early in the process, the EU and US are beginning to firm up their positions on the agenda items for the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19). Expect…

Despite a new legally-binding framework some member states were unable to tell the Radio Spectrum Policy Group when 700 MHz would be made available for mobile. One of the six,…

The US telco has agreed to acquire the New York-listed mmWave spectrum bank in an all-share deal for $1.25 billion, a 162.1 per cent premium to the company’s total market…

An auction of 2 x 50 MHz in the 3.6-3.7 GHz band had been planned but officials are now considering a much wider release of spectrum next year. According to…

The Czech Telecommunication Office (CTU) has launched its long-awaited auction of spectrum in the 3.6-3.8 GHz band. The band is one of those being considered in many countries for 5G…

Several connectivity bills introduced in earlier congressional hearings are back in play as the US House of Representatives calls for more licensed, unlicensed, shared and government spectrum for the "21st…

The Association of Professional Wireless Production Technology (APWPT) has welcomed the Radio Spectrum Policy Group’s (RSPG) decision to look into the PMSE industry’s spectrum needs but warned that technical solutions…

Vodafone and others also had a variety of questions for regulators at the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) stakeholder meeting held in Paris last week.

Countries with low spectrum auction prices, long licence lengths and less onerous coverage obligations tend to have better network coverage, a wider choice of services, better take-up and healthy competition,…

Kalpak Gude, formerly of satellite firm Intelsat and US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and now head of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA), talks to PolicyTracker about the C-band,…

The use of blockchains, a form of dynamic distributed database, to manage spectrum is just an idea at the moment, but some experts in emerging technologies say it's one worth…

One research firm predicted a $26 billion increase in capital expenditure across the mobile industry by 2025. Current capital expenditure is around 15 per cent of revenue, so it is…

The measure suggested by the European Commission in its review of the EU telecommunications regulatory framework could increase legal uncertainty and bureaucracy and would not effectively achieve the intended benefits,…

With the European Council and European Commission agreeing to a revised proposal in December, the Parliament’s assent means the process is now complete. 

In its response to the UK regulator’s consultation on the auction of 3.5 GHz and 2.3 GHz spectrum, BT/EE said operators were not facing a capacity strain.