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PolicyTracker has completed client research focussing on strategies for dealing with the renewal of legacy mobile licences.

It was a big day for spectrum sharing when US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened the 3.5 GHz CBRS spectrum band to commercial operations. The band is unique…

Are auctions still the best way to assign spectrum? Many people have doubts. Gerald Pogorel, for example, Professor Emeritus at Télécom Paris, told us earlier this year that auctions were…

The latest iteration of the PolicyTracker spectrum database has recorded auctions involving over 3600 MHz of spectrum. A total of eight awards were recorded in seven different countries.

Consumers may still be coming to terms with 5G, but the telecoms industry is not hanging about—work on 6G is well underway. Samsung, for example, has just launched a 6G…

Open RAN may now have passed the "peak of inflated expectations" stage of the Gartner hype cycle but there are still no suggestions of a "trough of disillusionment". As our…

Are unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) ready for take-off? According to our updated UAS dossier, the answer is yes, but a lack of clear rules is keeping them on the ground.…

Google may have given up on Loon, but there is still plenty more to come from high-altitude platform stations (HAPS). WRC-19 defined operational characteristics and spectrum bands for HAPs, and…

As we mentioned last month, French satellite firm Eutelsat is teaming up with OneWeb. The deal would see Eutelsat combine its 36-strong fleet of geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites with OneWeb’s…

The UK satellite company OneWeb and its French rival Eutelsat recently said they had signed an initial merger deal that could help them challenge the likes of the Elon Musk-owned…

Auctions involving over 1,600 MHz of spectrum have been recorded in the latest iteration of the PolicyTracker Spectrum Database. These assignments arose from five auctions, all taking place in Europe.…

PolicyTracker spoke to Rodney Croft recently. He’s the chair of ICNIRP, the organisation that provides scientific advice and guidance on the health and environmental effects of non-ionising radiation. We asked…

PolicyTracker’s longest-running course, Understanding Modern Spectrum Management, features some of the leading thinkers in the field and is being held as a hybrid event on 12 - 16th September 2022.…