by Toby Youell
June 18, 2021: This consultation has been approved and is available for public comment until August 18. June 7, 2021 Europe's technical authority, the ECC, plans to consult on withdrawing ERC Decision (95)01 on the free circulation and use of certain radio equipment in CEPT member countries. The draft ECC Decision… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Austrian regulator and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism has issued a consultation about potential frequency assignments to be held from 2021 to 2026. The document focusses on the 26 GHz band. It suggests several potential options that would involve assigning these frequencies by the end of… Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Regulators in Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia have announced plans to sell 5G spectrum this year Read more...
by Toby Youell
Spectrum managers have typically valued international coordination. Not only do radio emissions not respect borders, but a single country cannot possibly demand enough radio equipment to push down prices to make them widely affordable. When these problems are successfully solved, and countries move together on spectrum management, great things can… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The stay, which responds to concerns from public safety organisations, leaves Louisiana's proposal to auction the spectrum in limbo. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The country’s three established operators – NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank – all launched commercial 5G service in March 2020, while newcomer Rakuten Mobile arrived on the scene six months later. Read more...
by Richard Handford
6 GHz as well as other mid and lower frequency bands will offer cost-efficient coverage for 6G, according to a white paper from the IMT-2030 (6G) Promotion Group. Read more...
by Richard Handford
In Australia, spectrum is considered an instrument to promote competition in the mobile market. Read more...
by Richard Handford
An increase to competition in the mobile market and maximising the rollout speed of 5G are driving China’s spectrum policy Read more...
by Martin Sims
What is the best way of ensuring that vertical industries can get access to 5G spectrum? That is a difficult question which may not have a one-size-fits-all answer. Is the solution: Requiring MNOs to provide services to verticals (France in 3.5 GHz)? Local licensing in reserved spectrum (Germany in 3.5… Read more...