If we are to believe the election programs of all major political parties, the Netherlands is on the eve of a historic transition in spatial planning. All major parties want not only to build more houses quickly (one million in the next 10 years), but also to generate more green energy through wind farms and solar meadows.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 to Paul R. Milgrom (Stanford University, USA) and Robert B. Wilson (Stanford University, USA) “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats”. Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson were recognized for theoretical discoveries that improved how auctions work.

The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy consults the auction procedure for the allocation of licenses for the use of frequencies in the so-called layer 7 of band III for commercial digital radio broadcasting.

The Dutch 5G spectrum auction started today at 10am. The auction includes frequencies in the 700 MHz, 1400 MHz and 2100 MHz bands. The three MNO’s (KPN, T-Mobile Netherlands and VodafoneZiggo) will take part in the auction.

The auction of 26GHz spectrum arranged by the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (TRAFICOM) was concluded on 8 June 2020, the same day as it started.

The auction of 3.5 GHz spectrum arranged by the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) was concluded on 1 October 2018. The band 3410 – 3800 MHz was auctioned in 3 blocks (130 MHz each) with a spectrum cap of 130 MHz.