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At least 90 per cent of mobile data will be carried over unlicensed bands anchored to variants of LTE by 2020, according to a report from research firm Mobile Experts.…

Slovenia’s regulator AKOS has decided to relaunch its auction for 2 x 10 MHz of spectrum in the 1800 MHz band and 2 x 5 MHz of spectrum in the…

PolicyTracker has seen a European Commission document that demands fully-fledged 5G in major European cities by 2020.

India expects to auction around 2200 MHz of spectrum over its 22 telecom "circles" (regions). But the high reserve prices could hamper interest and lead to a failed auction, analysts…

Asked about the European Commission’s decision to take legal action against the European Council over member states’ WRC-15 negotiating position, representatives of CEPT and the French spectrum agency ANFR said…

The proposed grouping would be coordinated by Brussels, comprise spectrum chiefs from regulators and deal with more political issues.

Dutch telco KPN has won the right to continue operating digital terrestrial TV (DTT) in the 700 MHz band until 2030 after an unnamed second bidder pulled out of an…

Although the group is an industry standardisation group (ISG) under the auspices of ETSI, its chair Simon Fell told PolicyTracker its members are to use it as a vehicle to…

Vodafone group chief executive Vittorio Colao has said the UK’s decision to leave the EU means possible exclusion from the "digital single market" (DSM), adding that the company may have…

Moves to make the 470-694 MHz band available for digital terrestrial TV (DTT) in Europe when the 694-790 MHz band shifts to mobile are proceeding in coordination bodies and the…

Poland’s Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) says it plans to launch an auction of spectrum in the the 700 MHz band in 2018. It has also now assigned all the…

ComReg commissioner Gerry Fahy has told PolicyTracker that the regulator’s upcoming release of spectrum in the 3.4-3.8 GHz band (as well as the 700 MHz, 1.4 GHz, 2.3 GHz and…

A pilot sharing service is in operation in the 2.3 GHz band ahead of a decision to deploy ETSI-sanctioned licensed shared access (LSA) in the Netherlands. Juul Moen of the…

In this month's issue we report on the European Commission's commitment to its 2020 deadline for EU member states to reassign 700 MHz spectrum and the initial reactions to the…

Takehiro Nakamura, managing director of Japanese firm Docomo's 5G lab, has said its target 5G bands are 3.4-3.8 GHz, 4.4-4.99 GHz and 27.5-29.5 GHz. He hopes Europe will work on…