The regulator told PolicyTracker it is not currently considering releasing 2.3 GHz ahead of the eventual release of 3.4 GHz, as requested by O2. Read more...

Deutsche Telekom (DT) and Huawei claim they achieved 2 Gbps throughput with three millisecond latency. Read more...

The attempt to take control of the Broadband Radio Area Networks (BRAN) group at ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute), a forum for the Wi-Fi and mobile sectors, was made earlier this year following a decision by the group's chair. Read more...

"HertzViz," an open-data app developed during a May hackathon sponsored by French spectrum regulator ANFR, makes some frequencies visible in order to help construction companies avoid blocking telecoms and internet communications with their equipment. Read more...

The Estonian presidency of the Council of the EU has asked member states to submit alternative proposals next week. The Radio Spectrum Policy Group is also being proposed as an opinion-giving body on national spectrum awards. Read more...

5G offers "great opportunities" for mobile operators and other businesses to use shared and unlicensed spectrum for innovative deployment scenarios, a 5G Americas white paper says. If one idea is to self-deploy 5G along the lines of Wi-Fi, however, it's unclear who would be interested, said one telecoms consultant. Read more...

Ukraine’s telecoms regulator NKRZI is planning to assign spectrum in the 1800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands, with both award processes due to launch by the end of 2017. Read more...

PolicyTracker spoke to David Orloff, chair of the Small Cell Forum and director of AT&T's radio access networks product introduction group, about small cells, 4G and 5G. Read more...

As BT/EE threatens to join rival operator Three in launching a legal challenge to the auction plan, PolicyTracker has learned that BT/EE's chief executive asked the head of UK regulator Ofcom to release the entire 3.4-3.8 GHz band as early as next year. Read more...

Five spectrum-related measures are pending in Congress. Yet despite Senate interest in pushing what is generally seen as bipartisan legislation, there are questions about whether House Republicans will play ball. Read more...