by Toby Youell
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has issued a Public Inquiry about its plans for making available the 700 MHz, 2.3 GHz, and 2.6 GHz bands for mobile broadband services. The 700 MHz band is being reallocated from broadcasting services, while the 2.3 GHz band is assigned on a… Read more...
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 Toby Youell
The Russian Federation has proposed removing some of the limits on the use of the 4.9 GHz band by mobile broadband (IMT in the jargon of the ITU Radiocommunication Sector). Read more...
by Toby Youell
Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones (ENACOM) Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on how it would exercise proposed new functions proposed by the UK Government regarding small-scale digital radio. The platform is intended to provide a flexible and low-cost way for communities to broadcast content over a relatively small geographic area. The consultation concerns… Read more...
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by Toby Youell
The French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, has called for contributions to a draft discussion paper on dynamic spectrum management. The document was drafted by a "future networks" scientific committee as part of a wider series of documents on the short and medium term future for communications. A final version of the… Read more...
by Martin Sims
With four months to go until WRC-19, what agreements have been reached and what proposals are facing the most opposition? The answers are in PolicyTracker's new WRC-19 Briefing. The ITU World Radiocommunication Conferences are very important, setting the pattern for how spectrum will be used globally. National representatives have been in continual… Read more...
by Richard Handford
A number of Asian countries are proposing 100 MHz guard bands between 5G and satellite operators in the C-band, but that doesn’t mean there is a consensus on the subject. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Numerous regulatory, technical and standards activities are focused on unlicensed use of 6 GHz spectrum. Wi-Fi and cellular operators are interested in exploiting opportunities in the band. In Europe, the focus is on 6 GHz sharing studies, coexistence conditions and preliminary standards development. Policy planners will also look to developments… Read more...