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US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to assign the 3450—3550 MHz band to mobile services and to issue a "public notice" proposing an auction process for an…

The bidding for spectrum in the 700 MHz and 3.6—3.8 GHz bands in the UK is now complete, according to the regulator Ofcom. Mobile operators now enter the assignment stage,…

Saudi regulator CITC is planning to free up over 22 GHz of spectrum in the next three years, including the release of the 700 and 800 MHz bands for mobile…

India’s first spectrum auction in five years went much like the last one, with frequencies either sold at the reserve price or not sold at all.

A recent consultation issued by the EU’s spectrum advisory group suggests exploring the 3.8—4.2 GHz range for private 5G. The RSPG also suggested that EU member states open up mmWave…

Newly-appointed programme director John Black says that the UK’s 4G emergency services network (ESN) “still has a long way to go”. The transition from the current Airwave TETRA network may…

An ITU Regional Forum for Europe being held this week is examining the state of "meaningful connectivity" in nine European (but non-EU) countries.

Brazil has officially confirmed it will open the entire 6 GHz band for unlicensed use and has unveiled more details of its hybrid approach.

There are expectations that 5G will transform a large number of vertical industries, such as automotive, public safety or manufacturing, but telcos often overlook the potential of the maritime sector.

Chile recently completed the region’s first 5G award, assigning a total of 1800 MHz in the 700 MHz, AWS, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz bands for more than $450 million.

Bulgarian regulator the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) says it will auction three 3.6 GHz licences for 5G this month.

New EU funding schemes are being made available for digital technologies to respond to some of the difficulties that arose from the pandemic and created delays in 5G. However, private…

Auction 107, for the 3.7—3.98 GHz band, raked in around $81 billion. Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile snapped up a large percentage of the 5,684 licences.

The European Commission (EC) has said it will present a new 5G Action Plan in the coming weeks, as many spectrum and rollout targets have been missed. 

The European Commission’s spectrum advisory group, the RSPG, said in its draft opinion on the review of the EU Radio Spectrum Policy Programme (RSPP) that there was “no need” to…