by Manuel R. Marti
Local authorities argue that in the age of 5G, they are well placed to gain access to spectrum and eventually become network providers. Read more...
by Richard Handford
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) plans to announce which millimetre wave (mmWave) bands the country will use for 5G by December 2019, with 26 GHz the obvious candidate. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
UK regulator Ofcom has revealed it will allow spectrum sharing in the 26 GHz band, as well as in the 8 GHz range, but users will only be able to use the spectrum indoors. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US Federal Communications Commission has sold spectrum in the 24.25–24.45 GHz and 24.75–25.25 GHz bands for $2.024 billion, the equivalent of $0.009 MHz/POP. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore’s regulator, wants to assign the 3.5 GHz, 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands for a 5G launch in 2020, although like other ASEAN countries, it admits there is a problem in freeing up the C-band soon enough. Read more...
by Richard Handford
ACMA will combine traditional spectrum awards for the mobile industry with licensing that encourages local networks as well as ad hoc deployments on private premises in its assignment of the 26 GHz band for 5G. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Administrations from around the world are this fortnight meeting in Geneva for the second and final session of the Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM), in an effort to finalise their positions ahead of WRC-19. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Spectrum assignments and small cell deployment appear to be the most critical issues for 5G, according to an EU study published recently. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The mobile industry association says legislators are not keeping up with the spectrum requirements of mobile network operators (MNOs). It claims that with less than a year to go to the next World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19), this means the future of 5G could be in doubt. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
As part of the run-up to the next World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19), representatives from the six regional preparation groups gathered in Geneva this week to discuss their current positions on each of the conference’s agenda items. Read more...