by Toby Youell
China is promoting its terrestrial broadcasting standard and funding the digital switchover in various developing countries. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The auction versus beauty contest debate is alive and well in the mobile industry as it heads towards 5G contests. Read more...
by Cyrus Yau
Japan's regulator and mobile operators have been focusing on the 4.5 GHz band as they race to launch 5G in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Inmarsat could be one of those to lose out as satellite operators contemplate relocation from parts of the C-band (3.4-4.2 GHz) in a number of Asian countries. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The companies are planning interoperability tests and field trials based on the as-yet undefined 3GPP standard for 5G and are focusing on a standalone new radio network. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The US, South Korea, China and Japan have all stressed the need for global harmonisation of mmWave spectrum, but as the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) announces its 5G pioneer bands, divisions look increasingly deep. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The relatively small amount of spectrum proposed to be identified for IMT (mobile broadband) by the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) at WRC-15 is being circumvented by multi-country proposals (MCPs) signed by Japan and China. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Senior officials from China Mobile and Huawei emphasised the importance of the C-band for future deployments of TD-LTE at a recent spectrum workshop hosted by the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI). Read more...
by Toby Youell
A combination of an auction and an administrative assignment of spectrum in the 2 GHz band has allowed China Mobile to enter Hong Kong's 3G market. The incumbent operators were able to renew most of their 3G spectrum for amounts close to the reserve price. Read more...
by Toby Youell
A recent workshop on the use of spectrum for TD-LTE provided a snapshot of the current state of the technology. Read more...