3.5 GHz received a global mobile allocation at WRC-15, but a shift in focus means it is now being seen as both a 4G and potential 5G band. The band has been selected for the two major initiatives designed to drive 5G: the Citizen’s Broadband project in the US and the EU 5G Action Plan. […]
2 November 2017
News stories
21 November 2017
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) had expected to start an auction procedure in March, but is now bogged down in a lawsuit with the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services amid plans for a wireless wholesale open access network (WOAN). One consultant doubts ICASA’s process will ever take place. In July 2016, […]
20 November 2017
Rod Sims, chairman of Australian competition regulator the ACCC, said part of the value for mobile operators in bidding in auctions is to block rivals from acquiring spectrum. He is not the first regulator to remark on how such contests can influence operator behaviour; the US Department of Justice made a similar observation some years […]
17 November 2017
“Tuning range” solutions, in which adjacent or nearly adjacent bands can be considered harmonised if equipment can be reconfigured to operate over multiple bands, are capable of generating the same benefits as harmonised spectrum allocations, says the mobile industry body.A massive amount of spectrum will be needed to cover the key use cases of 5G, […]
16 November 2017
Digital UK has launched what it says is an “unashamedly ambitious” plan for the UHF band in the UK and Europe. A broadcasting industry source told PolicyTracker that the aim of the report is to set the agenda for future discussions on the UHF band. It anticipates the arguments that the mobile industry is likely to use […]
14 November 2017
As a documentary about Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr premieres in London, PolicyTracker takes a look at her work on spread spectrum. This helped to pave the way for frequency hopping, and ultimately, technologies like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Austria-born Hedy Lamarr (9 November 1914-19 January 2000) is best known for her acting career. However, she was […]
