Why spectrum renewal policy matters for network investment and service quality

Regulators face difficult choices about what to do when mobile spectrum licences are reaching expiry. Re-assignment processes must make optimal use...

Does the mobile market need additional sub-1GHz spectrum?

Many mobile markets in Europe have extensive population coverage, but in others, coverage outside urban areas remains limited. Complementary...

Valuation methods for spectrum in the 26GHz band represent an evolution of current best practice

The value of spectrum in the 26GHz band is dependent upon many factors that are specific to individual operators. mmWave spectrum has the potential...

Spectrum in the 26GHz band will be important, but its value remains uncertain

Valuing mmWave spectrum poses a new challenge to regulators and operators alike due to uncertainties surrounding the potential demand and...

Regulators face difficult decisions in assigning 26GHz spectrum

We draw on our recent experience of supporting regulators and operators to prepare for 26GHz spectrum awards to identify and highlight key...

The value of 3.4–3.8GHz spectrum: care is required when analysing the prices paid in previous auctions

The 3.4–3.8GHz band remains a relatively new band for the mobile industry. It uses relatively new technologies, which means that its value is hard to...

The 700MHz band may largely be used for mobile in Europe by 2020, but 5G everywhere by 2025 is unlikely

Originally, the 700MHz band was envisaged as being suitable to provide additional 4G capacity. However, more recently, policy makers have been...