Vodafone's new Group CEO has used the completion of the Italian spectrum auction to stress the need for governments to encourage investment into new networks.

Telia Finland was the biggest spender in Finland's spectrum auction as each of the country's operators came away with a 130MHz chunk of frequency.

Denmark has postponed its planned auction of 700MHz, 900MHz and 2.3GHz spectrum a day before the process was due to begin.

Austria's auction of spectrum for 5G services will begin in February next year, the country's regulator announced on Wednesday, with the sale structured in such a way as to allow regional broadband providers the chance to gain access to the mobile market.

Germany's telecoms regulator has issued draft 5G auction rules that 'open the door' for operators to work together to improve rural coverage.

Moldova's telecoms regulator has pushed back the deadline for companies to express interest in taking part in an upcoming multi-band spectrum auction at the request of one telco, it announced late last week.

Bidding continues in Italy's 5G spectrum auction, but the closely-watched 700MHz band has already been allocated, with three operators together spending €2.04 billion to secure a share of those low-band frequencies.

Deutsche Telekom has demanded a fair deal for operators ahead of Germany's forthcoming spectrum auction, amid suggestions the country could be opened to a fourth operator.

German operators are holding back innovation and disrupting competition by not giving MVNOs adequate access to spectrum, industry body MVNO Europe has claimed.

Switzerland has fired the starting gun on selling frequencies for 5G deployments, as Sweden announced it would use 700MHz to connect remote areas.

Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Telecoms Alexander De Croo hopes his country's upcoming 5G auction will usher in a new entrant that will help drive mobile data usage.

Masmovil has acquired a portfolio of spectrum across the 2.6GHz and 3.5GHz bands through the purchase of fixed wireless operator Neutra Network Services.

Spain has begun the process of auctioning nationwide 5G spectrum, setting a reserve price of €100 million.

French regulator Arcep has launched a consultation exploring whether 26GHz could cover the country with 5G.

O2 has emerged out of the UK's latest spectrum as the big winner, clinching bandwidth in both the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands.

Vendor Airspan and urban Wi-Fi provider Connexin have been named as two surprise bidders in Ofcom’s upcoming spectrum auction.

Salt has warned that Switzerland's forthcoming spectrum auction could drive operators out of the market unless it is handled fairly, as it demonstrated the country's highest ever download speeds in a 5G trial.

Turkcell and Huawei have trialled a new technology that could help devices make better use of available spectrum.

Ofcom is pushing on with its auction of valuable spectrum after fending off court action from Three and EE.

French regulator Arcep is offering spectrum licences to 5G stakeholders in an effort to drive pilots of the technology.