New Zealand’s Radio Spectrum Management (RSM), which is part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), has invited expressions of interest (EoI) for a proposed short-term allocation of spectrum in the upper portion of the 3.5GHz (3590MHz-3800MHz) band for 5G services. The RSM said that applicants need to demonstrate that they have the technical and financial capacity to deliver a 5G service from mid-2020 to October 2022. However, the watchdog noted that that the short-term allocation process would be separate to the allocation of long-term rights commencing in November 2022, and it would not guarantee placement in the 3.5GHz band from that date. All interested parties are invited to submit their EoI forms by 4 October.