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Romanian regulator Ancom has released its draft action plan for 2018 which states that it wants to auction spectrum for 5G by the end of next year.

The first meeting of 2018 of CEPT’s conference preparatory group (CPG) for WRC-19 will be held in January and will discuss Europe’s position on the UHF band, which broadcasters in…

The group will review studies into the potential cancer and fertility risks of mobile phone user equipment and infrastructure but some doubt that its members will be impartial.

US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has presented a number of spectrum policy decisions and proposals for the mmWave bands. They are the latest moves in an ongoing effort…

WRC-19 Agenda Item 9.1.3 calls for studies into the technical, operational and regulatory feasibility of allowing new non-geostationary satellites in the 3.7-4.2 GHz (C-band), 4.5-4.8 GHz, 5.925-6.425 GHz and 6.725-7.025…

A new white paper soon to be published by the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Technological Advisory Council (TAC) considers how a risk-informed interference assessment (RIIA) could be used when managing…

Jonas Wessel, the newly-elected chair of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG), told PolicyTracker that the roadmap offers a firm direction towards 5G. Regulators think it is ambitious but feasible.

After conducting a series of successful demonstrations of relay technologies for 5G, SK Telecom has started to accelerate its efforts to roll out a 5G service in South Korea earlier…

Greek telecoms regulator EETT has assigned eleven 2 x 5 MHz blocks of spectrum in the 1800 MHz band to local operators Cosmote, Vodafone and Wind Hellas, thereby meeting its…

The Egyptian resort, where 224 tourists were killed by a suspected ISIS attack in October 2015, could become the fourth location to host the event, first held in 1979 (WARC-79).

Several Indian mobile operators, including Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular, have used their responses to a consultation on a new round of spectrum auctions to suggest that the regulator adjust…

Mobile industry association the GSMA has called on Chile's next administration to introduce more spectrum liberalisation and policy predictability, but praised the country's current practice of awarding spectrum through beauty…

There is no current need for more EU-wide harmonised spectrum for programme-making and special events (PMSE) and additional PMSE requirements should be addressed case-by-case at the national level, the EU's…

Inmarsat could be one of those to lose out as satellite operators contemplate relocation from parts of the C-band (3.4-4.2 GHz) in a number of Asian countries.

Representatives of the mobile industry have questioned several aspects of broadcasting group DigitalUK's proposals for the UHF band.