Newly-appointed programme director John Black says that the UK’s 4G emergency services network (ESN) “still has a long way to go”. The transition from the current Airwave TETRA network may…
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An ITU Regional Forum for Europe being held this week is examining the state of "meaningful connectivity" in nine European (but non-EU) countries.
Brazil has officially confirmed it will open the entire 6 GHz band for unlicensed use and has unveiled more details of its hybrid approach.
There are expectations that 5G will transform a large number of vertical industries, such as automotive, public safety or manufacturing, but telcos often overlook the potential of the maritime sector.
Chile recently completed the region’s first 5G award, assigning a total of 1800 MHz in the 700 MHz, AWS, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz bands for more than $450 million.
Bulgarian regulator the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) says it will auction three 3.6 GHz licences for 5G this month.
New EU funding schemes are being made available for digital technologies to respond to some of the difficulties that arose from the pandemic and created delays in 5G. However, private…
Auction 107, for the 3.7—3.98 GHz band, raked in around $81 billion. Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile snapped up a large percentage of the 5,684 licences.
The European Commission (EC) has said it will present a new 5G Action Plan in the coming weeks, as many spectrum and rollout targets have been missed.
The European Commission’s spectrum advisory group, the RSPG, said in its draft opinion on the review of the EU Radio Spectrum Policy Programme (RSPP) that there was “no need” to…
Spain's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation has sold off the last two 10 MHz blocks of spectrum available in the 3.5 GHz band, raising a total of €42…
UK makers and distributors of radio equipment must soon use the "UKCA" mark on their products, a change the industry says will add unnecessary costs.
Lack of demand and uncertainty regarding the business case are prompting regulators in the UK and Ireland and other countries to contemplate an administrative assignment for the release of the…
The country’s regulatory authority (CRA) has set up a new policy regime that is designed to address all spectrum-related issues in the coming years, particularly during the hosting of the…
In total Pakistan's mobile operators have less spectrum than an individual MNO in some countries.