Finland to hold its first spectrum auction

The sale of 2.6GHz spectrum in November will be the first time Finland has sold a band to the highest bidder. It has previously preferred less market-based forms of assignment. 

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https://www.policytracker.com/headlines/finland-to-hold-its-first-spectrum-auction

Iran: A license too far?

Having failed to find a foreign company to be its third mobile operator, with three license awards having gone sour this year already, Iran will try again says its new Communications and Information Technology Minister. 

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https://www.policytracker.com/headlines/iran-a-license-too-far

Orange/T-Mobile merger further confuses UK refarming plans

If the proposed merger between the UK operations of France Telecom's Orange and Deutsche Telkom's T-Mobile gets the green light, it adds another complication to the protracted negotiations over the reassignment of UK mobile spectrum. 

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https://www.policytracker.com/headlines/orange-t-mobile-merger-further-confuses-uk-refarming-plans

Jordanian regulator meets Orange halfway on 3G licensing terms

Jordan has awarded its first 3G license following a protracted period of negotiations between the eventual licensee, Orange Jordan, and the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission. 

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https://www.policytracker.com/headlines/jordanian-regulator-meets-orange-halfway-on-3g-licensing-terms

Israel prevents launch of Palestine’s second mobile operator

An investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in setting up Palestine’s second mobile network could come to nothing due to Israel’s refusal to release 1 MHz of GSM spectrum. 

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https://www.policytracker.com/headlines/israel-prevents-launch-of-palestine2019s-second-mobile-operator

New operators share 90MHz of prime Chilean spectrum

At a time when consolidation is the name of the game in much of the world, Chile has just awarded two new 3G licenses to give the country of 16 million people a total of five mobile operators. 

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https://www.policytracker.com/headlines/new-operators-share-90mhz-of-prime-chilean-spectrum

Public policy issues for femtocells start to become clear

Potential problems for femtocells like interference, providing emergency service location information and common definitions for the technology are being raised in international forums but a consensus has yet to emerge on how to deal with them 

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https://www.policytracker.com/headlines/public-policy-issues-for-femtocells-start-to-become-clear