by Richard Handford
China has identified 6425—7125 MHz for IMT in a revised version of the country’s radio frequency allocation regulations, which also sees 26, 40 and 70 GHz added. Read more...
by Laura Sear
UK regulator Ofcom recently launched a consultation on how to assign a total of 6 GHz in the 26 and 40 GHz bands. Qualcomm has shared its views on this with PolicyTracker. Read more...
by Laura Sear
There was progress towards the harmonisation of several bands in Europe at the recent Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) meeting in Berlin. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) intends to auction 5G spectrum in the 4.9, 26 and 40 GHz bands, a new departure for a country that usually prefers beauty contests. Read more...
by Laura Sear
Europe's Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) has set out the technical conditions for 5G in the 40.5—43.5 GHz band. Following the European Commission's request, the committee developed the least restrictive harmonised technical conditions suitable for 5G systems for the bands. Read more...
by Richard Haas
Academic Elliot Eichen has proposed a new way of using the mmWave bands which he believes could be more efficient than current ITU protections for earth exploration satellites operating in nearby bands. Read more...
by Laura Sear
The ongoing consultation on the 26 GHz and 40 GHz bands suggests that future plans for mmWave spectrum in the UK lean toward local licences. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US regulator has sold all but two of the over 14,000 licences it made available in the 37.6—40 GHz and 47.2—48.2 GHz bands. 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 Dugie Standeford
The unanimous ATU (African Telecommunications Union) decision on 26 GHz at its 11-15 September meeting was broadly expected, said Ross Bateson, an advisor for mobile industry group the GSM Association. Read more...