by Richard Handford
Mobile's desire to find new markets by connecting the unconnected is reshaping its relationship with satellite. But are the economics of the space industry sufficiently transformed to revolutionise rural coverage? Read more...
by Richard Handford
WRC-19 was a boost for the satellite industry's 5G ambitions, enhancing its ability to offer broadband to cars, planes and trains. Delivering 5G rural broadband and LTE private networks is the subject of several new satellite ventures. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Australia’s state-owned wholesale broadband provider NBN has been trialling the 26 and 28 GHz bands over long ranges (approximately 10km) as a possible upgrade to its existing fixed-wireless service. The company’s trial, and those of its technology partners, provide “high levels of confidence” that this approach would allow NBN to… Read more...
by Richard Handford
Previous Low Earth Orbit satellite ventures have led to huge corporate collapses. Can the new Leos like OneWeb, Space Mobile and Lynk overcome the challenges? Read more...
by Richard Handford
Australia historically has adopted an evidence-based approach to spectrum policy with an underlying belief that market-based competition between participants will produce the most favourable outcome, aided by a minimal intervention from regulators. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Japan has a tradition of close cooperation between industry and government in the mobile industry that, while not fractured, is undergoing some creative tension. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Modi government is intent on modernising spectrum policy but its attempts to reduce reserve prices in the upcoming mega-auction are meeting heavy resistance. Read more...
by Richard Handford
A key objective of South Korea’s recent spectrum policy culminated in the symbolic launch of commercial 5G mobile services by the country’s three operators simultaneously on the same day (3 April). A national effort between government and industry was seen to bear fruit, as the country narrowly beat the US… Read more...
by Richard Handford
China has a tightly organised, top-down approach to spectrum in which the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) uses the allocation of radio frequencies as a tool to engineer the marketplace Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Granted a 5G commercial licence in June 2019, China Mobile is now pushing to speed development of 5G services in its highly competitive home market. As of August 2019, it had 935 million mobile customers, with 734 million on 4G. Read more...