by Richard Handford
Australian telecoms regulator ACMA is to award the 3.8 GHz band administratively through a process that is closed to the country’s mobile network operators, at least initially. Read more...
by Richard Haas
The company now hopes to rely on shared access spectrum regimes like CBRS combined with operator spectrum to provide neutral host networks. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Australian regulator ACMA said the sale of regional 5G licences in two bands raised A$722 million ($470 million), most of it generated by spectrum in the 3.7 GHz band. Read more...
by Richard Handford
A new report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country’s competition watchdog, says spectrum sharing may have a role in improving mobile coverage in regional Australia. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The rejection of an appeal by Telstra and TPG indicates regulators still favour network-based competition ahead of a model where rivals compete on services but share a network and spectrum. Read more...
by Richard Handford
ACMA has yet to issue any licences in the terahertz range, according to a white paper from the Australian regulator that also reviews the regulatory models adopted so far for spectrum bands above 100 GHz. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said a regional network and spectrum sharing deal between Telstra and TPG, two of the country’s three mobile network operators (MNOs), was likely to reduce competition. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The India-backed plan, which opens up 2 x 40 MHz of low-band spectrum for 4G and 5G, has the potential for wider adoption across Asia. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Market leader Telstra will give smaller rival TPG access to its 4G/5G network in a broad area of the country outside the largest cities while TPG will share its 4G/5G spectrum with its larger peer in the same zone. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Urban areas delivered most of the revenues in the country’s regional auction of 850/900 MHz, although competition for frequencies was more intense outside the cities. Read more...