Facebook is focused more strongly than ever on freeing up access to spectrum for High Altitude Platform stations (HAPs) in order to provide connectivity to the poor, rural and underserved areas of the world. It's also pushing the US regulator to make the 6 GHz band more accessible. Read more...

As Facebook continues its mission "to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together", it remains focused on the need for spectrum in a wider range of  bands, including above 95 GHz and has urged the FCC and Ofcom to ensure availability of spectrum for… Read more...

This Research Note looks at agenda items contained in Chapters 1 and 2 of the Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM) Report, principally new spectrum for High Altitude Platforms (HAPS); the identification of frequencies for some transport applications; extending the 5GHz Wi-Fi band; and terrestrial and satellite coexistence around 2 GHz. The… Read more...

The OTT players offer services over the internet not access to it, so their priorities in spectrum policy are different to vendors or operators, whose business is the provision of infrastructure.  Read more...

As Facebook continues its drive to "make the world more open and connected," it has urged the FCC to free up more bands, including above 95 GHz, and enable more spectrum sharing. Its internet.org initiative has launched Wi-Fi services in India and Africa, and it is part of the Telecom… Read more...

Google is strongly focused on delivering services in the 3.5 GHz band. It is also a proponent of using spectrum in 70/80 GHz, 24 GHz and above 95 GHz. Read more...

Facebook is part of the global initiative internet.org, which seeks to bring the internet to underserved regions, possibly using high-band spectrum for high altitude platform stations. The company also wants to make the internet more affordable by expanding sharing and unlicensed spectrum. Read more...