The Australian regulator ACMA is mulling whether to join the select group of countries to use an auction to assign frequencies for satellite services. Read more...

Ligado Networks, which is attempting to build a low-power terrestrial 5G network in L-band spectrum, claims the US government has violated its rights to the spectrum and is seeking $39 billion. Read more...

Lithuania’s regulator RRT has launched a public consultation on the 1452—1492 MHz band, a step towards joining a group of states that have auctioned L-band spectrum. Poland and Greece could be next. Read more...

This year's top spectrum news in ITU region 2 featured thawing relations between the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the FCC's well-received proposal to create a space bureau. On the other hand, interference squabbles such as those over claimed C-band and GPS interference… Read more...

PolicyTracker spoke to NASA's lunar spectrum manager Catherine Sham about the challenges of wirelessly communicating data from lunar missions such as Artemis I. Read more...

Revenue from the multiband auction was nowhere near the expected €700 million, with the country's fourth operator choosing not to take part. Read more...

Mexico's telecoms regulator IFT is considering auctioning around 200 MHz of low and mid-band spectrum in 2023. Read more...

As Ligado prepares to launch operations in the 1526–1536 MHz band, a group of US senators is pressuring the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its decision to award the company a licence. Read more...

As Bucharest prepares to launch its next spectrum auction, the disappointing financial performance of the previous procedure looms over the regulator’s efforts.  Read more...

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Ligado Networks' application to roll out a low-power terrestrial network in the L-band to support 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) services.  Read more...