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...
by Dugie Standeford
The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN), a global group of major telecoms providers and “co-operation partners” such as 5GPPP, the GSMA and ETSI, plans to push for more spectrum allocation as part of its 5G work programme. Read more...
by Toby Youell
A company whose main assets are spectrum and intellectual property is funding research into millimetre waves (mmWaves) in the hope of developing an infrastructure ecosystem based on the spectrum it owns. Read more...
by Michael Newlands
The proposed introduction of spectrum leasing is the latest Ofcom liberalisation proposal to be put on ice by the British government to the dismay of aspiring band managers. Read more...
by Website author
Industry fears that the UK’s plans for an important satellite frequency – due to be finalised in the next few weeks - could drive smaller operators out of the country Read more...