by Toby Youell
The Chilean regulator, Subtel, has issued a consultation about a planned multi-band award for 5G services. According to a press release, the award will make available spectrum across four bands: Band Spectrum 700 MHz 20 MHz AWS 30 MHz 3.5 GHz 50 MHz 28 GHz 850 MHz The consultation will… Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Stefan Wimmer, director of wireless internet service provider m3connect, told a recent CEPT workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark that the European Commission should “give enterprises a chance to have harmonised dedicated spectrum across Europe”. Read more...
by Toby Youell
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by Toby Youell
The French telecoms regulator, ARCEP, has issued a consultation on rules for future synchronisation of time division duplex (TDD) mobile broadband networks at 3.4 - 3.8 GHz. Because TDD networks rely on the use of time to avoid interference between networks, ARCEP wants to establish clear rules for how it's… Read more...
by Toby Youell
US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unanimously voted to propose allocating the 1675–1680 MHz band for mobile while protecting the current meteorological services that use the band. Read more...
by Toby Youell
David Redl, the most senior public sector spectrum official in the US, has resigned. The lawyer and former congressional telecoms policy advisor has not yet publicly disclosed why. Read more...
by Toby Youell
US spectrum policy continues to be dominated by a potential windfall for satellite companies at 3.7 – 4.2 GHz, but do wider public benefits outweigh any private gain? We examine this case and other recent examples. 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
In the second of a series of articles about electromagnetic fields (EMFs) in the age of 5G, we take a look at beamforming. This is considered an essential feature of 5G base station antennas, but some argue that it will mean that current EMF exposure limits need to be reassessed. Read more...