by Toby Youell
This week Parallel Wireless announced it will build a 4G Open-RAN network in Colombia using the 700 MHz band. The announcement adds to growing momentum behind the approach, as operators hope it will allow them to build better, safer, and cheaper mobile networks. As we set out in our Research… Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Peru’s new national frequency plan will introduce a number of significant changes, including allowing unlicensed use in the whole 6 GHz band, enabling TV white spaces and making 26 GHz a 5G band. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Swedish regulator, the PTS, has issued a consultation about proposed local 5G licences at 3720 - 3800 MHz and 24.25 - 25.1 GHz. These licences would be targeted for local applications such as factories, mines, and ports. These local licences would be assigned this year. The proposal is available… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Facebook is interested in a broad range of spectrum resources across mid-band and mmWave frequency ranges. It considers that making spectrum accessible to a wide range of use cases will require it to be made available through a balance of unlicensed, lightly licensed, and licensed spectrum allocation regimes. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Google has broad interests in spectrum resources across a range of bands that are predominantly unlicensed. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Microsoft sees significant opportunities for the use of license-exempt, lightly licensed, and shared spectrum as part of the 5G ecosystem. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) award of 2 x 20 MHz to Rakuten Mobile doubled the newcomer’s holdings in the 1.7 GHz band, although the latest allocation is less generous than it first appears. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
UK's regulator Ofcom had hoped that the four-week negotiation stage included in its recent C-band spectrum auction would be enough to defragment the 3400—3800 MHz range. In the end, only one spectrum trading agreement was reached during those negotiations—so mobile operators are continuing to hold bilateral talks. Read more...
by Toby Youell
May 7, 2021: The closing date for this consultation has been extended from May 10 until May 17. April 19, 2021 The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is proposing to make a statutory instrument that will allow previously-made instruments to maintain their validity. This change is necessary because the… Read more...