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Bharti Airtel has sold unused 800 MHz spectrum in three licence areas to competitor Reliance Jio.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is exploring a spectrum-sharing plan it says could make more federal spectrum available for 5G.

Spectrum auctions and an independent regulatory authority for the telecoms and media industries are under public discussion again in Japan, following allegations of an excessively cosy relationship between officials at…

A Portuguese spectrum auction has turned the country's leading mobile operators against the regulator Anacom.

Inmarsat has launched legal action over the Dutch government’s plan to auction 3.5 GHz spectrum. The satellite operator currently uses the band for maritime safety services. 

The emergence of Wi-Fi 6 technology and the growing availability of 6 GHz spectrum for licence-exempt use should provide a huge boost to Wi-Fi services worldwide, industry stakeholders say.

In the second of a series of articles about "greening" the telecoms sector, we look at which spectrum policies need to be re-examined in light of their implications for the…

With the telecoms community becoming increasingly aware of its environmental footprint, the green agenda is playing a much more significant role in decision-making. For the first of two articles on…

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recently outlined its post-5G strategy, although it warns that work regarding this next generation of mobile networks within the Union must not be labelled as…

Bangladeshi regulator BTRC raised a total of $364 million from an auction of 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz spectrum. The process also involved a rearrangement of the bands.

The European Commission is working with a consortium of satellite manufacturers, operators and service providers, telcos, and launch service providers on a feasibility study for a secure space-based connectivity system.…

Three Ireland has launched a legal challenge to the country's planned auction of 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum.

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and one of the country's mobile operators, Telkom, said they were open to settlement talks after the High Court blocked an auction…

Malaysia has taken the unusual step of setting up a wholesale open-access operator owned by the state for the deployment of 5G.

Simon Forge, director at SCF Associates, calls for a sane, secure and safe generation of mobile broadband radio networks with a real business case that can support global rollout at…