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The US regulator is seeking comment on potential wireless uses for spectrum from 3.7 GHz to 24 GHz, but is specifically interested in the 3.7-4.2 GHz, 5.925-6.425 GHz and 6.425-7.125…

There are hopes that a new entrant could join the mobile market, but getting through to the country’s president, Rodrigo Duterte, is not easy.

Nokia’s chief executive Rajeev Suri said on the company’s quarterly earnings call earlier this week that “lead customers in both the United States and China” would deploy sooner than the…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision expands the current 76-77 GHz allocation to the entire 76-81 GHz band and transitions vehicular radars out of 24 GHz, bringing the US into…

  Ofcom also supports truncating the 66-76 GHz band to focus on 66-71 GHz for international 5G study and setting the same technical conditions for the three bands falling within…

Speaking ahead of its announcement of a London trial of a superfast fixed wireless access network, Arqiva said “yes, we’re calling it 5G”. The satellite industry is concerned about the…

  Poland’s telecoms regulator UKE is in talks with its counterparts in Russia and Ukraine on releasing spectrum for 5G in the 700 MHz band, but its priority is to…

  US spectrum guru Tom Hazlett, who was the chief economist at US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the early 1990s, has written a spectrum thriller.  

  PolicyTracker spoke to the head of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, Kalpak Gude, about the sharing-based approaches to using the 3.4-3.8 GHz band.

  Poland’s Supreme Audit Office (NIK) has released a report on the results of its probe into the spectrum management activities of the country's Ministry of Digital Affairs, including its…

PolicyTracker understands that EU telecoms ministers are still largely against the idea of binding spectrum award reviews, but Council working group discussions are now more concerned with delivering a useful…

The UK Spectrum Policy Forum’s mobile industry members say 5G deployment should be focused on globally harmonised bands but also think mobile services could be deployed at 28, 32 and…

 Rupert Pearce, chief executive of Inmarsat, says that 5G will consist of “spectrum coalitions” to deliver heterogeneous networks.

UK mobile operator Three told PolicyTracker that it was considering its options with regard to Ofcom’s latest proposals on the upcoming auction of 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz spectrum.

Romanian regulator ANCOM is considering a “competitive selection procedure” to award spectrum in the 694-790 MHz and 1452-1492 MHz bands.