As we mentioned last month, French satellite firm Eutelsat is teaming up with OneWeb. The deal would see Eutelsat combine its 36-strong fleet of geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites with OneWeb’s constellation of 648 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, of which 428 are currently in orbit. Eutelsat's Konnect VHTS satellite, carrying… Read more...

Romanian regulator ANCOM is seeking opinions on the future use of 26 GHz band. The regulator has launched a consultation to gauge whether there is interest in acquiring rights in the 26 GHz band in the short term (2023-2025) or in the medium term (the period 2026-2028). The consultation applies… Read more...

Eutelsat is a French satellite company which operates a fleet of 36 GEO (geostationary orbit) satellites covering Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. In June 2022, the company announced plans for a merger with satellite company OneWeb. Read more...

Like its upstart competitors, Elon Musk’s satellite company will need regulatory approval to use mobile spectrum for its satellites. Read more...

While Japan’s Rakuten and Dish in the US have launched greenfield Open RAN networks, India’s Jio missed its Q2 2021 launch date for its 5G rollout. In Germany, newcomer 1&1 is planning its greenfield play that will be built and managed by Rakuten. This research note outlines the Open RAN… Read more...

Support for Open RAN continues to grow, although the path forward for the Open RAN ecosystem remains unclear. In a series of research notes, PolicyTracker outlines the development of the Open RAN movement, the benefits claimed for Open RAN and how it is being implemented by both green and brownfield… Read more...

One thing that Open RAN has in common with traditional network deployments is the need for sufficient spectrum. Similarly, delays in the availability of spectrum affect operator plans for both 5G and Open RAN. Policymakers are increasingly supporting the Open RAN movement and many are implementing measures to promote Open… Read more...

Despite its critics, the Open RAN movement continues to take shape in 2022, expanding beyond greenfield operators to a growing number of brownfield operators with plans for the phased integration of Open RAN and vRAN into legacy networks. Among brownfield operators, there is a trend to promote shared Open RAN… Read more...

Nova Labs, which maintains and develops the Helium network is facing criticism about allegedly false claims it has made about who uses its network. Read more...

As Ligado prepares to launch operations in the 1526–1536 MHz band, a group of US senators is pressuring the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its decision to award the company a licence. Read more...