Telecom Regulation Tracker
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June 2026
Regulation
Formal rulings and regulatory decisions by national telecommunications regulators confirmed each month from regulator publications, official gazettes, and telecom press. Covered regulators include the FCC (US), Ofcom (UK), ACMA (Australia), and CRTC (Canada). Each record covers the regulator, the decision type (spectrum allocation, network sharing order, or market consolidation ruling), the market and operators affected, the decision date, and a Ruling Summary column that provides a brief synopsis of each regulatory ruling or decision.
National telecommunications regulator including the FCC, Ofcom, ACMA, or CRTC issued a formal ruling on 5G spectrum allocation, network sharing agreements, or mobile market consolidation
Telecoms operators and their regulatory affairs teams use it to monitor decisions in peer markets that may set precedent for their own regulatory environment. Spectrum investors and advisory firms use it to track allocation decisions before they affect market structure. Law firms and consultancies advising telecom clients use it for regulatory precedent research. Journalists covering telecoms policy use it as a structured source of confirmed regulatory decisions.
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<table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:280px">Event</th><th style="min-width:160px">Regulator Name</th><th style="min-width:160px">Ruling Summary</th><th style="min-width:160px">Ruling Outcome</th><th style="min-width:160px">Ruling Topic</th><th style="min-width:160px">Affected Company</th><th style="min-width:160px">Ruling Date</th><th style="min-width:160px">Spectrum Band</th><th style="min-width:160px">Regulator Country</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:40px">1</td><td style="min-width:280px">ACMA Consults on 1800 MHz Rail Spectrum Licensing</td><td style="min-width:160px">Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)</td><td style="min-width:160px">The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is seeking feedback on proposed apparatus licensing arrangements to support rail services in the 1800 MHz band.</td><td style="min-width:160px">consultation opened</td><td style="min-width:160px">5G spectrum allocation</td><td style="min-width:160px">state rail authorities</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-01</td><td style="min-width:160px">1800 MHz, 1.9 GHz</td><td style="min-width:160px">Australia</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">2</td><td style="min-width:280px">FCC Auctions Abandoned 5G Spectrum Licenses</td><td style="min-width:160px">FCC</td><td style="min-width:160px">The FCC started a new auction for 5G radio spectrum licenses in Band 66, covering over 200 abandoned licenses across 48 states.</td><td style="min-width:160px">spectrum awarded</td><td style="min-width:160px">5G spectrum allocation</td><td style="min-width:160px">null</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-03</td><td style="min-width:160px">Band 66, AWS band</td><td style="min-width:160px">United States</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">3</td><td style="min-width:280px">FCC Authorizes NextNav 900 MHz 5G Field Tests</td><td style="min-width:160px">FCC</td><td style="min-width:160px">NextNav advised the FCC this week that it's set to start a small-scale outdoor field test of its network in Sunnyvale, California.</td><td style="min-width:160px">authorized</td><td style="min-width:160px">5G spectrum allocation</td><td style="min-width:160px">NextNav</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-12</td><td style="min-width:160px">900 MHz</td><td style="min-width:160px">United States</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">4</td><td style="min-width:280px">FCC Awards Mid-Band Spectrum to Verizon</td><td style="min-width:160px">FCC</td><td style="min-width:160px">Verizon was a major winner in the FCC's first spectrum auction in four years, bidding about $3.2 billion for mid-band</td><td style="min-width:160px">spectrum awarded</td><td style="min-width:160px">5G spectrum allocation</td><td style="min-width:160px">Verizon Communications Inc.</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-28</td><td style="min-width:160px">mid-band wireless licenses</td><td style="min-width:160px">United States</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">5</td><td style="min-width:280px">L3Harris Supports FCC 5G Sidelink Rulemaking</td><td style="min-width:160px">FCC</td><td style="min-width:160px">L3Harris Technologies asked the FCC to move forward on a rulemaking, as requested by Qualcomm, to identify spectrum and establish service rules for 5G sidelink technology.</td><td style="min-width:160px">rulemaking requested</td><td style="min-width:160px">5G spectrum allocation</td><td style="min-width:160px">L3Harris Technologies</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-06-01</td><td style="min-width:160px">5G sidelink technology</td><td style="min-width:160px">United States</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3>Are only final decisions included or also consultations and draft rulings?</h3><p>Final decisions and binding orders are the primary inclusion. Significant consultations and draft rules that have attracted major industry responses are included where they represent a material pending change.</p><h3>Does this cover net neutrality and platform access rulings as well as spectrum?</h3><p>Yes. Net neutrality orders, wholesale access and unbundling decisions, and platform interconnection rulings are included alongside spectrum allocation and merger decisions.</p><h3>How does this differ from general technology regulation trackers?</h3><p>This dataset is specific to telecommunications sector regulation — spectrum, network infrastructure, and mobile market structure. General tech regulation (AI regulation, content moderation) is not covered here.</p><h3>What is the refresh rate of this dataset?</h3><p>This dataset is refreshed monthly using <a href="https://www.newscatcherapi.com/web-search-api">CatchAll</a>, NewsCatcher's recall-first web search API. You can run your own version of this dataset and update it as frequently as every one hour.</p>