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The Swiss regulator opened a spectrum award procedure to reassign more than half of the spectrum covered by the current Swiss mobile licences, expiring at end of 2028. Up to 590 MHz will be awarded through a two-stage auction procedure, subject to spectrum caps. The auction should take place in 2Q 2027.
The Italian Ministry for Enterprises and Made in Italy published the award procedure to assign spectrum licences in the lower 26 GHz band. The 1.4 GHz spectrum up for auction correspond to the portions of the band currently used for fixed wireless access.
The Dominican Republic completed its 2026 multi-band spectrum auction, awarding 240 MHz to new entrant Viettel and 20 MHz to Claro for a combined US$119.5m. Viettel won spectrum in the 700 MHz, 2.3 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands, while Claro acquired an additional 2x10 MHz in the 700 MHz band. The AWS spectrum offered did not receive bids.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the US Department of Commerce agency that manages federal spectrum, announced that the Trump Administration has cleared the last of a package of federal agency plans to study the 4.4–4.94 GHz band for possible reallocation to full-power commercial licensed use. With this approval, all four bands in the Administration's spectrum pipeline – 1675–1695 MHz, 2.69–2.9 GHz, 4.4–4.94 GHz and 7.125–7.4 GHz – are now simultaneously advancing to the formal engineering-study stage.
Colombia established a permanent framework to bring remaining IMT spectrum back to market through recurring auctions at intervals of no more than two years. With 285 MHz of IMT spectrum currently unassigned, the new rules introduce a simple clock auction as the standard mechanism.
Paraguay awarded nationwide mobile broadband licences to Millicom Tigo (Telecel) and Personal (Nucleo) following its 2026 spectrum auction. Núcleo received the 3.7–3.8 GHz band while Telecel was assigned the 2.3–2.4 GHz band. Each operator will provide mobile, internet access and data transmission services using 100 MHz.
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