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US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has concluded the sale of the 70 MHz of priority access licenses (PALs), raising over $4.5 billion in the process.

High spectrum prices and slow migration to digital broadcasting may slow the rollout of 5G networks in South Africa, mobile operators say.

A conflict of law between EU Radio Spectrum Decision 676/2002/EC and the Radio Equipment Directive (RED) turns millions of hearing aid users, businesses and equipment makers into radio pirates, stakeholders…

US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is under political pressure to deliver a 3.7—3.98 GHz band auction by the end of this year, but this could be frustrated by…

Four out of the five participants were successful in Luxembourg’s first spectrum auction, paying a total of €41.3 million.

Ofcom now believes the 39 GHz, 26 GHz and 66-71 GHz bands are the best for backhaul for Wi-Fi access points or mobile small cells.

A key official at US regulator the FCC has told PolicyTracker that the country needs to go beyond its announced plans to make spectrum available in the 3.1—3.55 GHz band.

A professor at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel claims to have found a way to use spectrum to identify cases of COVID-19 within one minute and with…

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to “expropriate the assets” of the country’s dominant mobile network operators (MNOs), Globe and Smart, unless their services improve by the end of the year.

An organisation run by JFK’s nephew is suing US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over the alleged dangers of wireless technology.

The prospect of a digital dividend from the 600 MHz band is at an early stage, although politicians are reportedly pushing for greater spectrum efficiency from TV broadcasters who are…

The aviation industry worries that allocating spectrum in the band to 5G could harm critical flight safety systems.

One of the final elements of the USA’s complex 2017 auction of the 600 MHz band, the $2.75 billion repacking of remaining terrestrial broadcasters, has almost been resolved.

The ITU Radiocommunication Bureau’s (ITU-R) Working Party 5D has concluded its evaluation of candidate technologies to be included in its definition of 5G, to be known in the ITU-R context…

Ofcom is sticking to its initial plan of auctioning 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz frequencies despite concerns raised by mobile operators over the award process.