by Richard Haas
Ofcom continues to improve its local licensing regimes and working towards a mmWave auction, while also considering new policy objectives put forth in the recently announced UK Wireless Infrastructure Strategy. Read more...
by Richard Handford
A pioneer in awarding 5G spectrum, the country has a new challenge – how to make millimetre wave frequencies popular. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Sectoral regulator Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is the body with primary responsibility for spectrum management, while the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's competition regulator, has emerged as a significant force too. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has not been at full strength for many months, but earlier this week President Joe Biden nominated Anna Gomez to fill the vacant slot and renominated the two current Democratic commissioners, Geoffrey Starks and Brendan Carr. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering shared licensing of spectrum in the 42—42.5 GHz band. Supporters say it could boost smaller wireless providers. Read more...
by Richard Haas
Regulators are beginning to tackle the controversial practice of re-using terrestrial spectrum for satellite direct-to-handset services. In terms of spectrum-related priorities, satellite firms have successfully held a 12 GHz reallocation in the US, while they fight to keep mobile out of the 6 GHz band going into WRC-23. Read more...
by Richard Haas
With its merger with OneWeb still pending, French satellite firm Eutelsat has bid to be a part of the European Commission's new IRIS² initiative. Read more...
by Laura Sear
Well known for serving the aviation and maritime industries, Inmarsat is now being acquired by another geostationary (GEO) satellite operator, Viasat. Read more...
by Richard Haas
Lynk is developing a satellite-direct-to-phone service that re-uses terrestrial spectrum to enhance coverage. Despite global regulatory uncertainty about this strategy, the company recently received a commercial licence to launch its service outside of the US. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Now present in 54 countries, Starlink is a high-speed, low-latency broadband network using NGSO LEOs to provide broadband connectivity globally. Starlink satellites are using spectrum resources in the Ka- Ku- and V-bands. Starlink also has plans to use E-Band spectrum for communications between satellites and gateways and V2 Mini satellites.… Read more...