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The regulator ACMA awarded 47 licences in the 3.8 GHz band, mainly to specialist telcos, government users and industry, with a particular focus on the mining sector.

The Senate and lower house have voted to abolish the independent regulator and replace it with a new authority. The President will have a power of veto over all spectrum-related…

Saudi Arabia awarded the 450 MHz band this year to oil and gas giant Aramco, which wants a vast Internet of Things (IoT) network to monitor its pipelines. The assignment…

The world’s first IMT auction of the upper 6 GHz band saw winning bids only five per cent above the reserve price and a quarter of frequencies left unsold.

Saudi Arabia is the first country in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region to license the 600 MHz band for mobile.​

The regulator AKOS has revoked the regional private network licences won by operator T-2 after the company failed to pay the spectrum fee.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cancelled the two lower 700 MHz licences after the operator failed to fix a "wireless core malfunction".

A contest to renew expiring licences in the 850/900 MHz and 2300 MHz bands saw a dramatic change in bidding patterns compared to the last time the frequencies were sold.

Three mobile operators won spectrum in the 2.1, 2.3 and 2.6 GHz bands subject to stringent rollout conditions. They will eventually be able to use it for 5G.