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South African regulator ICASA has completed its auction of spectrum in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands.

The government and mobile network operators (MNOs) have agreed on a deal but questions remain about how the single wholesale network will work in practice.

Spain’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (MINECO) has said that the country’s reorganisation of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band is now complete.

Liverpool 5G, the UK’s biggest telehealth test project, may have to come to an end when its government funding runs out.

The French government and the regulator Arcep have invited industrial players to apply for trial spectrum in the 3.8—4.0 GHz band and launched a portal to make it easier for…

Saudi Arabian regulator the Communications & Information Technology Commission (CITC) is planning to start the auction on 23 August.

A report from the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) says that mobile operators are missing the bigger picture when it comes to 5G energy use.

The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN) has a new strategy and will now focus on the "softwarisation of networks" (cloud), green networks and 6G—including the possible spectrum requirements.

The mobile industry association is calling on regulators to allocate more mid-band spectrum for mobile to achieve this claimed economic boost, including the much-discussed 6 GHz band.

Ofcom is consulting on a plan to add the band to its existing sharing regime but says it could still be allocated for mobile or unlicensed use.

The Thai government says an “insufficient” volume of mid-band and high band spectrum has been made available for all mobile network operators (MNOs) to support 5G.

The European Commission is pressing ahead with plans for a new secure satellite broadband system but it will need frequencies and orbital slots from the ITU in order to provide…

The announcement was one of many made by FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel during her keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Market leader Telstra will give smaller rival TPG access to its 4G/5G network in a broad area of the country outside the largest cities while TPG will share its 4G/5G…

Having agreed to pay a high price for 5G spectrum in 2018, Italian mobile operators now want to delay the final instalment.