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Fake news stories and rumours claiming that 5G caused the COVID-19 outbreak have made the mobile sector a scapegoat for the ongoing crisis. Could this have been prevented?

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to make 1200 MHz of spectrum available in the 6 GHz band for unlicensed services.

South Africa, which has struggled to award spectrum in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands, has now made it available on a temporary…

In the second of a series of webinars organised by PolicyTracker on the spectrum response to COVID-19, experts warned that relief measures such as provisional spectrum allocations may prove counterproductive. 

Japanese manufacturer Fujitsu received the country’s first commercial local 5G licence, with others already following. 

The use of spectrum auctions was once a black-and-white issue but is now more shades of grey. For over a decade auctions have been the predominant method of assigning spectrum…

Hungarian regulator NMHH has assigned three licences for 5G spectrum in the 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz and 3.6 GHz bands to Magyar Telekom, Telenor and Vodafone. 

Ethiopia’s telecoms sector was to undergo a major liberalisation early this year, but the process has now been delayed and mobile operators are preparing for an uncertain future. 

The coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to pose an existential threat to the mobile sector or require changes in spectrum regulation, speakers said at a 3 April PolicyTracker webinar on the…

PolicyTracker's webinars examine the key issues in spectrum management and policy. Here you can find links to the recordings of the webinars and also download the presentations.

The T-Mobile / Sprint merger was approved by federal agencies partly on its commitments to divest spectrum to Dish. Will that still happen? 

Five companies have applied for Belgium’s temporary 5G licences in the 3.6—3.8 GHz band.

As the novel coronavirus spreads worldwide, spectrum regulators are acting to ensure that communications services remain available and resilient by making additional spectrum available to operators. Several have also delayed…

Senior representatives of the satellite industry warned a panel at the annual Satellite 2020 conference that WRC-23 may mark a return to "trench warfare" between the mobile and satellite industries. 

As a large portion of the developed world shelters at home, operators are called upon to share their data, raising fears among civil liberties campaigners.