radio spectrum regulation

11 countries have active licences. Another three countries opened parts of the bands for LTE or 5G in their frequency plans but currently have no active licence.

The Swedish regulator, PTS, published the final rules and conditions for the spectrum auction in the 1800 MHz band scheduled to take place in November 2025.

The Panamanian regulator, ASEP, revised the national frequency plan following a consultation launched in October 2024. The updated plan includes new allocations for fixed wireless access in the 3600–3800 MHz band and for IMT services in the 2.5 GHz and 3300–3600 MHz bands. ASEP reserved the latter segment for licenced mobile network operators to use in the future.

The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) has launched a special mechanism to assign and reorder the 3.5 GHz (3.3–3.8 GHz) band for public telecoms services using 5G or higher technology. Operators may submit expressions of interest by 10 June 2025.

The Ministry of Innovation, Science and Industry (ISED) published the policy, licensing and technical framework for a new satellite service known as satellite mobile coverage service (SMCS). The policy is a first step for mobile operators to offer satellite direct-to-device (D2D) services in IMT frequency bands. ISED will analyse specific obligations related to national roaming and emergency communications at a later stage.

The Argentinian telecoms regulator, Enacom, reduced the spectrum cap for 5G bands from 200 MHz to 150 MHz. The change does not affect current spectrum holdings as all licensees are within the new cap.