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 Richard Haas
The companies have launched a new service for off-the-grid texting to compete with Apple’s emergency satellite network. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
As the world emerges from COVID-19, there's never been a better time to unlock the potential of 5G mmWave technology, says the GSMA of its newly launched "accelerator initiative." Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Mobile infrastructure manufacturers Qualcomm, Nokia and Ericsson have urged European regulators and governments to incentivise and prioritise the release of the 26 GHz band, as only a handful of administrations have awarded spectrum in the band so far. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The world’s biggest players in telecoms are attempting to find a common vision for 6G with several key events already taking place this year. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
German regulator BNetzA recently made 26 GHz available for local licensing, which is one of the three main approaches for the band to have emerged so far, according to Qualcomm. The others are club licences, as used in Italy, and the spectrum reservations for verticals adopted in Finland. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
PolicyTracker’s webinar on the 6 GHz band highlighted the divisions between the Wi-Fi sector, the mobile industry and equipment manufacturers when it comes to WRC-23 Agenda Item 1.2. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US plans to award various mmWave bands for 5G at the county or partial economic area level, while in the C-band it plans to share the spectrum, allowing exclusive use in a portion of the spectrum at the smallest geographical level. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Operators from countries such as South Korea, Japan and the US attended a meeting held by a group that backs 28 GHz for the first time. Mexico’s regulator was also represented. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz and 2600 MHz bands are under revision in CEPT for use with 5G New Radio (5G NR). Commercial deployment is on the way, say vendors. Read more...