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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…

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.