by Cyrus Yau
After conducting a series of successful demonstrations of relay technologies for 5G, SK Telecom has started to accelerate its efforts to roll out a 5G service in South Korea earlier than expected. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The GSMA’s operator members are supporting the European position that 26 GHz should be the mmWave band used for 5G services globally. 28 GHz, under study in the US and South Korea, is unequivocally off the table, according to the European administrations' group CEPT. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Before Qualcomm’s global president urged industry and policymakers to avoid spectrum fragmentation this week, PolicyTracker spoke to the vendor’s European president Enrico Salvatori about accelerated timescales for 3GPP releases, Europe’s 5G focus and SDL’s role in the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT). Read more...
by Toby Youell
South Korea may be putting together a multi-country proposal (MCP) that would put the use of the 28 GHz band for 5G on the agenda for WRC-19. Read more...
by Toby Youell
A former senior official in the Canadian regulator has expressed confidence that the ITU-R will authorise a band plan for mobile broadband use of a 2 x 30 MHz block of spectrum in the MSS 2 GHz band. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The European Commission (EC) and South Korea intend to seize the lead in the “global race” to develop 5G mobile technologies, according to a statement issued on 16 June. Read more...