by Manuel R. Marti
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) are to host the next World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23), which will be held between 20 November and 15 December 2023. Read more...
by Richard Haas
The Nigerian Communications Commission has published a draft Information Memorandum for its upcoming 3.5 GHz auction. It plans to hold the auction on December 13 and invited stakeholders to submit comments. Stakeholders are also invited to participate in the Stakeholders' Engagement Programme. Comments are due by October 27. Read more...
by Richard Haas
The FCC has published a Public Notice which seeks to supplement a previous Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which aimed to modernise and expand access to the 70 GHz, 80 GHz and 90 GHz bands. The Commission is seeking comment on whether these bands could provide broadband internet. In particular, the… Read more...
by Richard Handford
A new study recommends a split in the 6 GHz band for the Asia-Pacific region with more than half of the available spectrum allocated to IMT and the rest to unlicensed use. Read more...
by Richard Haas
The Saudi regulator Communications & Information Technology Commission (CITC) has opened a public consultation on the Information Memorandum for the auction of the 2.1 GHz band for Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) technologies. The CITC says this auction will facilitate NTN technologies such as 5G non-terrestrial networks, mobile satellite services, internet on… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Spectrum management is complicated. Engineers, lawyers, policy makers and investors all think about spectrum in different ways. Further, many different types of organizations are relevant for spectrum management, and they often have viewpoints that conflict with each other. These views also seem to vary by region. Even allocations for the… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Attempts by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to auction spectrum in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands and to licence a wireless open-access network (WOAN) are once again in disarray. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Speakers at a recent meeting organised by the UK’s Spectrum Policy Forum said the regulator Ofcom and the government should urgently consider implementing a dynamic spectrum access (DSA) model. Read more...
by Richard Handford
ACMA is considering a change of use for the 6 GHz band, the 1.5 GHz band and 1880—1920 MHz. Read more...