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PolicyTracker’s longest-running spectrum training course, Understanding Modern Spectrum Management is taking place as a hybrid event on 12-16th September. Delegates can participate online or in person at the central London…

As you probably know, Facebook changed its name last year. It was the second of the four OTT players we profile to do so. The group is, of course, now…

Harmonised European spectrum regulation for short range devices (SRDs) -  particularly the release of the 433, 868 and 915 MHz bands - has played a key role in the development…

US President Calvin Coolidge famously said that "the business of America is business". This is certainly the case for spectrum trading. The United States possesses the only significant spectrum market…

The usefulness of auctions is a perennial problem in spectrum management. This question emerged in last week's book launch for The Debates Shaping Spectrum Policy, and in a new country…

What is the point of spectrum policy? Ask two spectrum managers and you will probably receive three answers. In four countries newly profiled by PolicyTracker the answer is clear: 5G.…

There is still time to register for the hybrid launch of our new book, The Debates Shaping Spectrum Policy. It is taking place in central London at 5 pm on…

PolicyTracker is running a full programme of training courses this autumn and they can all be attended either virtually or in person. Whether in real life or online, these are…

As reported this week, India is preparing to hold a mega auction of up to 104,000 MHz of spectrum across its 22 service areas, the equivalent of over 4,700 MHz…

The Cave review of Spectrum Management in the UK was published twenty years ago and provides the theme for the launch of our new book, The Debates Shaping Spectrum Policy.…

It has been impossible for me not to recall my visits to Ukraine during recent months. In all, I made six or seven trips there between 1989 and 2008, all…

Globally, similar factors are drive growing interest in private networks. Industry and/or local communities are looking to benefit from wireless technology, and telecom companies are increasingly well-equipped to help them…

Private networks, logically or physically separated from public mobile networks, have long provided valuable services to their predominantly business customers. But the last few years has seen a resurgence in…

At WRC-23, the mobile industry will highlight the coverage benefits of mobile in the UHF band but one recent study suggests demand is increasing in Europe for PMSE spectrum—most of…