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Poland’s Ministry of Administration and Digitisation has decided to introduce a new regulation designed to accelerate the country's 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz auction.

A company promising to deploy thousands of low Earth orbit satellites has proposed the study of changes to the regulatory process that operators need to follow to gain access to…

Satellite operator Inmarsat and German telco Deutsche Telekom have put aside their differences and agreed to work together to develop a "European Aviation Network" (EAN).

ITU deputy secretary-general Malcolm Johnson has told PolicyTracker that he is (and always has been) open to the reform of the ITU. This includes reviewing the way the ITU elects…

This month we bring you the latest developments in the preparations for WRC-15, focusing in particular on global flight tracking, the 3.4-3.6 GHz band, the 470-694 MHz band and satellite…

South Korea may be putting together a multi-country proposal (MCP) that would put the use of the 28 GHz band for 5G on the agenda for WRC-19.

Major vendors and some Asian operators suggest prioritising the use of spectrum up to 40 GHz for enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) use cases, while other industry players are inclined to…

Global telecoms standardisation body the 3GPP has decided on its approach to a narrowband Internet of Things (IoT) solution for mobile operators.

The 3GPP consortium that will conduct the technical standardisation work on 5G is to use a phased approach.

The Indian government has decided to allow the trading of mobile spectrum licences, following a proposal from the country's regulator.

The European Commission and the Chinese government department responsible for spectrum have signed a joint declaration on 5G strategic cooperation that includes cooperation on spectrum.

Two proposals for new agenda items at WRC-19 could lead to the Radio Regulations extending the upper limit for transmissions from 275 GHz to as much as 1000 GHz.

The 3GPP RAN plenary agreed in September to a study item to develop channel models for frequencies between 6 GHz and 100 GHz.

European administrations have agreed on which frequency bands should be studied for possible allocation to future mobile broadband services. These include the E band (71-76/81-86 GHz), for which the South…

The Italian Ministry of Economic Development recently said it had sold the 1452–1492 MHz band for a total of €462 million.