by Manuel R. Marti
WRC-23 is expected to be dominated by calls for IMT identifications in the C-band, 6 GHz and 10 GHz; a review of the UHF band in Region 1; potential new allocations to mobile satellite; and the use of HAPS as IMT base stations. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
This year’s World Radiocommunication Conference agreed on the conditions for the operation of aeronautical, maritime and terrestrial Earth Stations in Motion (ESIMs) in the Ka-band. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Delegates agree to bring Radio Regulations in line with IMO’s 2018 decision to include Iridium in the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) drew to a close at the end of last week in the Egyptian beach resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. The four-week summit concluded with a number of announcements. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The saga of Ligado Networks' attempt to secure rights to 40 MHz of spectrum for a terrestrial wireless network may be edging to a conclusion. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has rejected an appeal by satellite operator ViaSat against a decision by the regulator Ofcom to authorise a rival firm, Inmarsat, to use the 2 GHz band to provide broadband services to air passengers. ViaSat may still press on with similar challenges in other… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The satellite industry is proposing to study changing the Radio Regulations to address the use of the L-band for data relays for non-geostationary satellites (NGSOs). Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Inmarsat has declined to comment in detail on the claims from ViaSat, which is taking legal action against the European Commission over the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS). Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Inmarsat said the satellite providing the MSS service was completed by July 2016 but ViaSat has pointed to documents suggesting it was not ready seven months later. Inmarsat has declined to comment on the claim. ViaSat is challenging the European Commission over MSS in the European Court and threatened to… Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Rupert Pearce, chief executive of Inmarsat, says that 5G will consist of “spectrum coalitions” to deliver heterogeneous networks. Read more...