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Apple’s newly-launched phones have put the spotlight on 5G verticals, with handsets supporting various local private 5G bands such as the UK's 3.8—4.2 GHz and Japan’s 4.6—4.9 GHz.

The award of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to Stanford University professors Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson is well deserved, spectrum experts told PolicyTracker. One economist, however, accused the…

A recently launched online trading platform for mobile roaming contracts that works like a commodity market may in the longer term incentivise spectrum trading and sharing, including providing a new…

At PolicyTracker's recent webinar, speakers asked whether spectrum policy could help push telecoms companies toward a more environmentally-friendly future.

It's not clear why the prices in Israel's 700 MHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz auction were noticeably asymmetric, but it could be due to the differing values of spectrum…

Thirty-one years ago, New Zealand decided to privatise radio spectrum. The reforms this entailed, especially the use of auctions to assign spectrum rights, have revolutionised spectrum management around the world.…

The key officials at the US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have voted along party lines to allow non-public safety organisations to use the 4940—4990 MHz band.

Indian operator Vodafone Idea (VIL) is to phase out 3G while maintaining its 2G service, despite a competitor's call for all 2G users to be upgraded.

The USA’s two biggest telcos have asked the regulator to step in to prevent T-Mobile from acquiring too much spectrum at an upcoming C-band auction.

Ofcom has unveiled plans to open up access to frequencies in the 100—200 GHz range for terrestrial use, but will not introduce a licence-exempt framework as previously proposed.

A report submitted to the US Congress by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposes to allow unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations in the 5030—5091 MHz band but not at 960—1164…

France’s unusual 5G auction concluded yesterday, raising close to €2.8 billion from the sale of the 3490—3800 MHz frequency range. 

US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed auctioning 100 MHz of the C-band for 5G in December 2021.

While Sonardyne's BlueComm undersea communications technology will never replace acoustic transmissions, it's a valuable complement to them, the company says. And there are no regulatory worries to hamper its use.

The US House of Representatives has passed an Act that would remove the US regulator’s T-Band mandate to start a sale of narrowband licences at 470—512 MHz by February 2021.