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Sustainability is becoming higher priority, with regulators announcing concrete new measures and the top European mobile operators unveiling a new scoring system for the environmental performance of mobile phones.

Regulators in Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia have announced plans to sell 5G spectrum this year

The stay, which responds to concerns from public safety organisations, leaves Louisiana's proposal to auction the spectrum in limbo.

6 GHz as well as other mid and lower frequency bands will offer cost-efficient coverage for 6G, according to a white paper from the IMT-2030 (6G) Promotion Group.

The European Commission’s final position on the 6 GHz band is due for release this month, but there are some concerns that Brussels may have given WiFi “a slightly elevated…

The country’s regulator CITC has proposed auctioning the 600 MHz band, 700 MHz frequencies, 1980—2010/2170—2200 MHz and 3.8—4 GHz all in one go in December 2021. 

A company proposing to provide a satellite service directly to mass-market mobile devices in remote areas has asked US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for authorizations for 10 satellite…

Australian regulator ACMA is to reduce the annual tax paid by some spectrum licensees above 5 GHz by 50—90 per cent as the current system is relatively expensive for those…

Disagreements over protecting satellite services has led Europe’s Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) to call for further studies meaning that the harmonisation of 40 GHz for 5G will not happen until…

The UK government has provided significant support to 6G research and development initiatives but has not yet laid out a definite 6G roadmap or strategy. 

The Moldovan administration will use a sealed bid format rather than their usual combinatorial clock auction approach.

A key European Commission spectrum official has warned against inconsistencies in spectrum policies for 5G verticals and highlighted the need for an EU-wide harmonised strategy.

Ethiopia’s newly-established regulator, the Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA), has awarded a telecoms licence to a consortium led by Kenya’s Safaricom. This ends the state monopoly in the sector.

TV white spaces (TVWS) did not succeed in the early 2010s as many had expected, but there now seems to be renewed interest in the secondary use of UHF and…

Jamaica's ministry of science, energy and technology announced that the locally-owned company has acquired a 2 x 10 MHz block for over $15 million. Rock Mobile replaces troubled former 700…