by Jonathan Watson
The revised benchmark is based on our research into planned and actual assignments in this key mid-band spectrum over the past 18 months. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
Our auction formats research note has been updated to reflect some recent developments in auction design. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
The 26 and 28 GHz bands are of great interest to policymakers. Spectrum in the bands has been awarded in many countries. Read more...
by Richard Haas
The latest quarterly update of the PolicyTracker Spectrum Database suggests that sub-1 GHz spectrum remains critical for mobile operators. Read more...
by Spectrum Research Service Blog
Our Dossiers give an overview of current high-profile policy debates. We split the topic down to a handful of key issues, analysing stakeholder perspectives and identifying the key events which have shaped policy development. Each Dossier is a portal for our knowledge on the subject, highlighting new events as well… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
As you may know, PolicyTracker’s Spectrum Research Service has now been running for five years and has over 500 subscribers. They get access to our extensive library of Research Notes, analysing the key spectrum policy issues and assessing the strategic positions of all the major stakeholders across the mobile, satellite and… Read more...
by Spectrum Research Service Blog
When the world's regulators met in Egypt last year to discuss the agenda for WRC-23, it was widely thought that there will be a discussion of potential IMT identifications in frequencies between 3.3 GHz and 24 GHz. As with every compromise, not everyone got what they wanted. The satellite and… Read more...
by Spectrum Research Service Blog
Continuing our analysis of current mobile bands in the Spectrum Research Service, we look at the gradual progress towards extending L-Band. Read more...
by Spectrum Research Service Blog
In the past few weeks we have updated our Spectrum Research Service entries about the current mobile bands and will be highlighting trends in a series of research notes. We start by identifying the technological progression from 2G to 5G. Some bands are still being used for 2G - and… Read more...
by Martin Sims
Two years ago the US agreed the rules for 5G deployment and Verizon is promising to launch services this year. Elsewhere, except South Korea, regulations have not been finalised and commercial services are not expected until at least 2020. Has the rest of the world got it wrong? Read more...