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Five spectrum-related measures are pending in Congress. Yet despite Senate interest in pushing what is generally seen as bipartisan legislation, there are questions about whether House Republicans will play ball.

Ultimately UKE is expected to re-auction the 1800 MHz licences but the current holders will be allowed to use them in the meantime. However, this is only the latest installment…

In addition to as-yet-unresolved technical issues, efforts to deploy the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) in the US face a split between stakeholders who want to retain current licensing rules…

PolicyTracker interviewed Thomas W. Hazlett, former chief economist at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and author of 'The Political Spectrum', on the public good, "revolving door" regulators and Clint Eastwood. 

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is seeking feedback on the possibility of moving commercial broadcasters to digital radio. The state-owned broadcaster is already shifting to DAB but some observers…

Three UK will seek a judicial review in the UK High Court of the competition rules Ofcom set for the upcoming spectrum auction. A ruling is not expected until early…

Vodafone took Milan, while Telecom Italia and Wind won the rights to hold trials in Prato and l’Aquila and Bari and Matera respectively.

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.