by Toby Youell
Qatar's regulator, the CRA, has issued a consultation concerning its three-year spectrum outlook. The plan includes its proposed policy approach to spectrum use by multiple industries. It also discusses how it will manage spectrum for the FIFA 2022 World Cup. It includes information about a potential additional assignment of the… Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
UK regulator Ofcom is consulting on a series of measures to boost WiFi rollout in the 5.8 GHz and 6 GHz band. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Leading Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo and five of the country’s cable TV operators have formed a consortium to build local 5G networks. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The premier mid-range global 5G band. Many countries plan to assign at least 300 MHz of spectrum in 3.3 - 3.8 GHz for 5G networks. In the short-run, usage is likely to be dominated by 4G for capacity constrained areas or FWA in rural areas. Read more...
by Toby Youell
26 GHz is likely to be the first mmWave 5G band in China and Europe. 2019 saw a chipset to support the band, but the need to prevent interference to satellite monitoring services prompted regulators to agree at WRC-19 on some limits on the band. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The first mmWave to be deployed for 5G services: 28 GHz has already been assigned in several major economies. Read more...
by Toby Youell
A promising future 5G band, currently extensively used around the world for 4G. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on improving spectrum access for Wi-Fi. Ofcom proposes to make available the 5925 - 6425 MHz for licence-exempt use, and to remove the current obligation to use Dynamic Frequency Selection when accessing the 5725 - 5850 MHz band on a licence-exempt basis.… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK regulator, Ofcom, is consulting on its plans to allow greater access to the 100 - 200 GHz band. Under the proposals, low power devices could access the 116 - 122 GHz, 174.8 - 182 GHz, and 185 - 190 GHz bands on a licence-exempt basis. Increased power devices… Read more...