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The European Commission (EC) has urged EU member states to develop a joint approach to accelerate and facilitate 5G deployments, although it admitted that 5G networks will not be launched…

Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s new Prime Minister, is unhappy about the prices charged by mobile operators NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank and said the government should consider increasing the fees they…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) regulator has assigned the 26 GHz band for 5G, becoming the first country in the Middle East to award mmWave spectrum.

Austria's second 5G auction, which was postponed due to COVID-19, was completed this week, bringing in proceeds of almost €202 million. 

Utilities have been campaigning globally for more access to spectrum over the past few years, but progress is slow and companies are starting to look at alternatives such as spectrum…

The UK has completed the four-year process of clearing spectrum previously used by broadcasting ahead of auctioning it to mobile network operators (MNOs) early next year. 

The UK government has published a new guide to 5G in a bid to counter false claims that the technology can damage people's health.

Malaysia is to close 3G ahead of 2G, an unusual move for Asia where the priority has typically been to shut down the older technology first.

WRC agenda items on IMT, the use of high-altitude platform stations as IMT base stations and possible changes to uses in the 470—960 MHz band raise significant interference concerns, according…

Australian regulator ACMA is proposing a new type of licence to allocate part of the 26 and 28 GHz bands as well as a break with the past in terms…

Czech regulator CTU has launched an auction of spectrum in the 700 MHz and 3.5 GHz bands and a consultation on another 5G band, 24.25—27.5 GHz. Mobile operators have criticised…

Saudi Arabia has introduced a series of spectrum reforms and policies over the last three years that have shaped the development of the country’s digital agenda and supported its ongoing…

A senior official with Indian telecoms regulator Trai told the online audience at PolicyTracker’s latest webinar that the country is considering further liberalisation of its spectrum sharing rules.

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.