Telstra and Optus have chosen to delay switching off their 20-year-old 3G networks until the end of October—shortly after Singaporean operators made a similar decision. Read more...

The Australian regulator has identified segmentation between IMT and Wi-Fi as one of four options for the 6425—7125 MHz band. Read more...

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...

Australian telecoms regulator ACMA is to award the 3.8 GHz band administratively through a process that is closed to the country’s mobile network operators, at least initially. Read more...

The company now hopes to rely on shared access spectrum regimes like CBRS combined with operator spectrum to provide neutral host networks. Read more...

Australian regulator ACMA said the sale of regional 5G licences in two bands raised A$722 million ($470 million), most of it generated by spectrum in the 3.7 GHz band. Read more...

A new report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country’s competition watchdog, says spectrum sharing may have a role in improving mobile coverage in regional Australia. Read more...

The rejection of an appeal by Telstra and TPG indicates regulators still favour network-based competition ahead of a model where rivals compete on services but share a network and spectrum. Read more...

ACMA has yet to issue any licences in the terahertz range, according to a white paper from the Australian regulator that also reviews the regulatory models adopted so far for spectrum bands above 100 GHz. Read more...

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said a regional network and spectrum sharing deal between Telstra and TPG, two of the country’s three mobile network operators (MNOs), was likely to reduce competition. Read more...