Richard Thaler, who was awarded the Nobel prize in economic science last week, is viewed as a pioneer of behavioural economics and a leading advocate for the "nudge theory" of behaviour modification. However, he has also turned his attention to spectrum issues and was an early backer of the idea… Read more...

The Commercial Smallsat Spectrum Management Association, launched this month, will campaign for an expedited spectrum coordination process for shared spectrum as well as on other spectrum issues affecting the community. Read more...

In addition to as-yet-unresolved technical issues, efforts to deploy the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) in the US face a split between stakeholders who want to retain current licensing rules and those who say doing so risks undermining investment in 5G. Read more...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision expands the current 76-77 GHz allocation to the entire 76-81 GHz band and transitions vehicular radars out of 24 GHz, bringing the US into alignment with Europe. Expect commercial take-up in the higher band soon, said one telecoms attorney. Read more...

Google and Apple have both been getting more interested in spectrum. Are they doing anything new? Read more...

The choice of bidding rules influences auction revenues, a finding that should be considered by auction designers, say Imperial College London Research Fellow Pantelis Koutroumpis and regulatory economist Martin Cave. NERA economic consultant Richard Marsden, however, said that while the findings will spur an interesting debate, the authors' case is… Read more...

AT&T’s David Orloff told the SCWS World Summit that “hyper-dense networks” will contain 1.8 million cells by 2020. Read more...

The GSMA’s operator members are supporting the European position that 26 GHz should be the mmWave band used for 5G services globally. 28 GHz, under study in the US and South Korea, is unequivocally off the table, according to the European administrations' group CEPT. Read more...

Research carried out for the Wi-Fi Alliance claims that increasing numbers of devices and growing demand means that more spectrum will be needed for Wi-Fi by 2025. Read more...

While it's still early in the process, the EU and US are beginning to firm up their positions on the agenda items for the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19). Expect "tussles" over the need for additional spectrum for 5G, Wi-Fi and intelligent transport systems (ITS) as well as an increased… Read more...