The USA’s regulator, the FCC, has announced rules for the upcoming auctions of 28 GHz and 24 GHz millimeter wave spectrum, and proposed next steps in getting more high frequency bands – 37 GHz, 39 GHz and 47 GHz – ready for a single auction in the second half of 2019. The FCC had previously rejected proposals to offer all five bands in a single auction to accelerate 5G progress. It said the 39 GHz band is fragmented, and to get it ready for auction would delay availability of the others, especially 24 GHz. The first auction will start on November 14 and will offer 2 x 425 MHz of 28 GHz spectrum on a county-by-county basis. This will be…