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The use of spectrum auctions was once a black-and-white issue but is now more shades of grey. For over a decade auctions have been the predominant method of assigning spectrum…

The UK's regulator has had a frustrating couple of months in its efforts to assign the 700 MHz and 3.6 - 3.8 GHz bands. For a start, the Coronavirus pandemic…

One of the themes in our new Spectrum Auctions Dossier is the evolution of formats. The combinatorial clock auction has declined in popularity and recent years have been mostly been…

Recent news about spectrum auctions has focussed on cancellations due to the COVID-19 crisis: but underlying this there are bigger issues explored in our new Spectrum Auctions Dossier.  In the…

Our Dossiers give an overview of current high-profile policy debates. We split the topic down to a handful of key issues, analysing stakeholder perspectives and identifying the key events which…

1992 was an eventful year. The Cold War officially ended, NAFTA was signed, and the World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC-92) identified the 1980 - 2010 MHz and 2170 - 2200…

Who is your first stop for health advice? The world's leading scientists, or a man who thinks "tall, blood-drinking, shape-shifting reptilian humanoids from the Alpha Draconis star system, now hiding in…

The new iteration of the PolicyTracker Spectrum Database (PSD) takes into account over 10,000 MHz of new or changed national spectrum assignments. The COVID-19 pandemic may have put several imminent…

Like Google, for Microsoft most of its business depends on internet connectivity and the two companies are staunch defenders of unlicensed spectrum as a guarantor of cheap and ubiquitous access.…

The ITU has launched  a COVID-19 database that enables governments, regulators, mobile operators and other participants in the telecoms world to share experiences and best practice during the current crisis.…

The availability of communications services is a fair indicator of economic health and a country’s rising fortunes. Since the end of military rule, Myanmar has gone from a telephone density…

Google is known as a Wi-Fi advocate, but its spectrum policy ambitions go much further. Cheap and ubiquitous Wi-Fi supports its internet business, led by its domination of the search…

As you may know, PolicyTracker’s Spectrum Research Service has now been running for five years and has over 500 subscribers. They get access to our extensive library of Research Notes, analysing…

Like many companies, PolicyTracker has moved to remote working to limit the spread of coronavirus. However, the nature of our business means that there should be very little effect on our…

The advocate for the USA's big mobile operators, the CTIA, recently asked Analysys Mason to benchmark the availability of mid-band spectrum in the US in comparison to other economies. Perhaps…