by Dianne Northfield
Part one of this update detailed private spectrum policy development at a global level while part two dealt with Asia. This Research Note provides a view of developments in the rest of the world across Europe, the Americas and the Middle East. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
An overview of the national technical criteria and licensing approaches used. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
PolicyTracker’s 2023 country profiles cover Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, the UK and the US. In this overview we analyse their spectrum release plans; approach to 6 GHz; policy on private networks; and plans for 6G. Read more...
by Richard Haas
Brazilian mobile operators are working to roll out 5G, which has not yet seen wide adoption in the country. Meanwhile, the regulator ANATEL is consulting on various spectrum issues, including freeing up the 450 MHz band for utilities. 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 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 Dianne Northfield
As we near WRC-23, vendor positions on IMT and mobile-related Agenda Items vary – particularly in relation to the 6 GHz band and bands identified for IMT studies and consideration at WRC-23. As vendors contemplate 6G, they are also laying out future spectrum priorities. Meanwhile, Apple, Qualcomm and Samsung have… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
While Samsung supports unlicensed lower 6 GHz spectrum, its focus is on the release of additional spectrum for 5G, and ultimately 6G. Samsung argues that for 6G spectrum studies under the ITU process, the US should focus on 7.125-7.7 GHz, 10.7-15.35 GHz and 18.1-19.7 GHz. It also considers that mmWave… Read more...
by Laura Sear
Canada’s spectrum policy continues to keep up with spectrum regulation in the US. Its last two auctions have been expensive for operators. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Japanese operator SoftBank is a segment of the SoftBank Group, which describes itself as a "capital provider driving the Information Revolution". It says it has been at the forefront of key technical shifts, from computers to the internet and from broadband to smartphones. Its focus now is on the "next… Read more...