by Toby Youell
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has issued a consultation on its future plans for the 28 GHz band. This paper analyses the different planning issues for each of the services interested in using the 28 GHz band as well as any sharing and coexistence issues. From this analysis… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has issued a consultation on its five-year spectrum outlook for 2019 - 2023. The draft document: revises and updates its forward allocation plan considers options for new or optimised uses of spectrum for wireless broadband looks forward to further major allocations for 5G… Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
In the mobile business, regulators can play havoc with your share price. Just look at what happened last week. Reports of potential setbacks in Sprint and T-Mobile's merger approval process in the US caused each firm to lose almost 5% of its value. It was a different story for T-Mobile… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Rohde & Schwartz has asked the FCC to waive its rules so it can market a QPS 201 Personnel Security Scanner system in the 70 - 80 GHz range. Current regulations establish a portion of the band (71 - 75 GHz) as "restricted" but Rohde & Schwartz claim that these… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US research university, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has asked the FCC to waive some of its rules for Ultra Wide Band so it can deploy WiTrack indoor medical monitoring devices. The waive would be necessary because the equipment would use bandwidths smaller than those permitted in the relevant… Read more...
by Richard Handford
The country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has floated the idea that 5925-6425 MHz and 6425-7125 MHz could be used for mobile by industry verticals. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
A group of over 100 researchers in Finland are now exploring the essential technology components that could be needed for 6G. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Critical communications solutions are gradually turning towards open interoperable standards. Read more...