by Richard Handford
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) plans to announce which millimetre wave (mmWave) bands the country will use for 5G by December 2019, with 26 GHz the obvious candidate. Read more...
by H. Sama Nwana
High altitude platforms (HAPS) are crucial for affordable broadband connectivity backhaul, particularly in the developing world, says consultant H. Sama Nwana. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore’s regulator, wants to assign the 3.5 GHz, 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands for a 5G launch in 2020, although like other ASEAN countries, it admits there is a problem in freeing up the C-band soon enough. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Japan's telecoms ministry has awarded spectrum to the country's three established mobile operators—NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank—along with the recent new entrant Rakuten. Read more...
by Richard Handford
ACMA will combine traditional spectrum awards for the mobile industry with licensing that encourages local networks as well as ad hoc deployments on private premises in its assignment of the 26 GHz band for 5G. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Japan’s forthcoming spectrum award will be the first for 5G decided by a beauty contest rather than an auction. This is not the only thing that makes it unusual. Read more...
by Toby Youell
In the world’s second auction for the mmWave 5G frequencies, the 28 GHz band achieved more than double the value seen in Korea last year. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Millimetre wave (mmWave) frequencies can be far more resilient than the industry generally believes, a key Samsung executive has claimed. Read more...
by Toby Youell
US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided at its monthly open meeting to consult on its plans to auction spectrum in the 24 GHz band this November alongside licences for the 28 GHz band in areas where the band has not yet been awarded. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Operators from countries such as South Korea, Japan and the US attended a meeting held by a group that backs 28 GHz for the first time. Mexico’s regulator was also represented. Read more...