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German regulator BNetzA is mulling whether to expand access to the 3.7—3.8 GHz band, now used for industry campus networks, to mobile network operators (MNOs) and other users. If this…

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has backed a range of measures to ensure enough spectrum will be available to meet an ambitious 5G growth target over the…

Jessica Rosenworcel, acting chair of US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), told a recent online event that the FCC had been wrong to focus on mmWaves in the early…

Spain’s three largest mobile network operators (MNOs) have splashed just over €1 billion on 700 MHz spectrum in an auction that the fourth largest MNO, MásMóvil, chose to miss.

A spat between Lithuania’s competition watchdog and its transport and communications ministry could delay the country’s 700 MHz auction.

Brazil’s long-awaited 5G auction should raise at least $8.5 billion if all the available spectrum is sold. Most of the proceeds are expected to be used to improve the country’s…

A recently published report and a draft opinion from the European Union’s spectrum advisory group, the RSPG, focus on how spectrum policy can help to mitigate the impact of climate…

Mobile vendors and operators are stepping up their efforts to persuade European countries to allow 5G deployments in the upper 6 GHz band instead of WiFi.

Canada is reported to have raised almost $6.5 billion in the world’s second most expensive 3.5 GHz auction.

The long-running saga of the UK's attempt to build a next-generation emergency services mobile radio network continues with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) now considering an investigation.

Romanian regulator Ancom has unveiled the draft terms for the country’s highly anticipated 5G auction of spectrum in the 800 MHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.3—3.8 GHz bands.

As UK regulator Ofcom mulls changes to rules for mobile phone repeaters to improve indoor coverage, PolicyTracker analyses what other countries are doing. The trend seems to be to allow…

The director of connectivity at the European Commission’s DG Connect unit thinks there are areas of concern that require “attention and action” in the EU, including the assignment of 5G…

In an innovative move, the country’s National Communications Commission is allowing mobile network operators to share frequencies in the 2.1 GHz band as the most efficient way to manage those…

The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) is to make a total of 700 MHz available in the 4.7 GHz and 28 GHz bands for enterprise users to offer local…