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New Dossier available on Open RAN

One of the clear trends in the telecoms industry at the moment is operators' increasing interest in the use of Open RAN approaches to network buildout. The idea is to…

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PolicyTracker band profiles have been updated

This week the FCC announced its plan to publish a Public Notice about implementing emission limits agreed at WRC-19 with respect to licences across the 24.25 - 25.25 GHz range.…

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New Dossier and Research Note on mobiles and health

Over the past few months PolicyTracker has published articles and organised a webinar on strategies for communicating messages about EMF (electromagnetic frequencies). Our latest Research Note considers how industry can…

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Anti-5G campaigns: meeting the communications challenge

How should companies and public bodies respond to the emotive messages that have made anti-5G campaigns so effective? In a previous Research Note we analysed anti-5G narratives, here corporate communications…

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When spectrum auctions go wrong

The beauty of spectrum auctions is that they force operators to put their money where their mouth is. Operators may be able to make a compelling case of why they…

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Why have anti-5G campaigns been so successful?

For decades individuals and organised groups have lobbied against mobile phones claiming health risks, but the recent anti-5G campaigns have had an unprecedented impact. Messaging penetration has been estimated at…

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Russia charts its own 5G spectrum strategy

A spectrum strategy is the result of a careful balancing act between various policy objectives. On the one hand, regulators want to help their mobile operators build fast networks, but…