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Leaked document suggests Germany is splitting from the European pack on UHF
Jun 15, 2023
by Laura Sear

A letter from German regulator BNetzA to its advisory board and seen by PolicyTracker says the federal government supports a mobile co-primary allocation in the lower UHF band at WRC-23. This is at odds with the likely approach from European agency CEPT, which is close to agreeing on a secondary… Read more...

German regulator raises concerns over AST SpaceMobile’s plans
Feb 27, 2023
by Richard Haas

The Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) has commented on an ITU filing from the company, which plans to re-use terrestrial spectrum for its satellite service. Read more...

German new entrant proposes “industry-led” alternative to spectrum auction
Feb 15, 2023
by Richard Haas

The CEO of 1&1, Ralph Dommermuth, thinks operators should decide among themselves how spectrum should be divided up. Read more...

Private networks on the rise in France amid varying demand from verticals
Nov 10, 2022
by Laura Sear

Regulators across Europe have been assigning the C-band to industrial users and recently France's Arcep awarded 13 trial licences in the 3.8—4.0 GHz band. Read more...

German regulator proposes spectrum swap for 800 MHz and 900 MHz licences
Oct 14, 2022
by Mirva Villa

BNetzA's new position paper presents a potentially significant change to the lower band licences. Read more...

Amazon launches private 5G offering in the US with plans to expand internationally
Aug 16, 2022
by Richard Haas

The solution uses CBRS spectrum in the United States but diverging spectrum policies may be a barrier as the service expands. Read more...

GSMA claims reserving spectrum for verticals is exacerbating the “squeeze” on MNOs
Jun 13, 2022
by Richard Haas

A new report from the industry body argues that mobile network operators (MNOs) are not seeing fair returns compared to big tech companies and that reserving spectrum for verticals may be contributing to this imbalance. Read more...

Germany allows mobile operators to use 3.7—3.8 GHz vertical spectrum
Apr 21, 2022
by Laura Sear

Germany was the first EU member state to set aside part of the 3.6 GHz band for verticals, attracting both praise and criticism. It has now amended its regulations to allow mobile operators to use the spectrum as well. Read more...

German competition authority urges regulator to stick with spectrum auctions despite change in law
Jan 20, 2022
by Richard Haas

German competition advisory body the Monopolkommission has urged the German regulator to use spectrum auctions despite a recent change in the telecoms law that means they are no longer the first choice for licence awards. Read more...

New German government pledges to protect current users of UHF band
Dec 15, 2021
by Richard Haas

Germany’s new three-party coalition government promised to protect the UHF band in a recently published policy document and has called for support from other countries. Read more...