Thinking around spectrum auctions is changing fast. The next cycle of awards for 6G will likely look different to many of today’s contests.

For mobile operators, the outlook for 6G from a spectrum perspective is unfamiliar. They are eyeing frequencies in the UHF, upper 6 GHz, 7-8 GHz and mmWave bands, but they…

From around 2008 to 2013, several spectrum administrations around the world chose the combinatorial clock auction (CCA) format to allocate spectrum. Fast forward just a few years, and the CCA…

Auction formats serve many masters. They started simple but failed to satisfy the flexibility requirement. By giving bidders more options, they became more complex. The most recent trend is back towards…

The GSMA, the association that represents the mobile industry, has warned Bangladeshi regulator BTRC that limited spectrum availability could delay 4G improvements and 5G rollout. 

The study is available for download and examines the impacts of changing technological and social landscapes.

Regulators in all parts of the world continue to implement policies targeting spectrum resources for use by private networks. PolicyTracker’s updated private networks benchmark includes 70 nations, up from 54…

PolicyTracker’s updated private networks benchmark includes 70 nations, up from 54 in September 2024 and 40 in mid-2023.

Nations across Europe represent 50% of the countries included in PolicyTracker’s updated Private networks benchmark, including nine new nations. There is a particular focus in the region on assigning private…

While trailing other regions of the world, nations in Africa are progressively developing policy frameworks for the assignment of spectrum for use by private networks. PolicyTracker’s updated private networks benchmark…

PolicyTracker’s updated private networks benchmark includes 12 nations in the Asia Pacific region, along with six nations in the Middle East, collectively representing 24% of all countries included in the…

PolicyTracker’s private network benchmark now includes nine countries in the Americas that have assigned or plan to assign spectrum for use by private networks, representing 13% of all benchmark countries.

As a growing number of nations around the world continue to implement policy frameworks to assign spectrum for use by private networks, there is wide diversity and hence fragmentation in…

Beauty contests often end up in the courts but auctions don't, so the conventional wisdom goes. But looking more closely we find that legal action over auctions is a fairly…

The auction saw three operators pay $2.945 billion for 11 licences across the two 5G bands.