by Manuel R. Marti
French regulator Arcep is offering temporary licences in the 26 GHz band to companies willing to create "open-access" trials, available for third parties. Read more...
by Martin Sims
February 7, 2019 The CITC has completed this auction. A PolicyTracker article about the award is available here. December 18, 2018 The Saudi Arabian Regulator, the CITC, is planning to release 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz in 2019. The confirmation came at an ITU seminar in Riyadh on 18-19 December… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Italy has completed a multi-band auction in low-, mid- and high-frequency bands, 700 MHz, 3.6-3.8 MHz and 26 GHz, and has become the first nation in Europe to assign and define rules for the use of spectrum in all three pioneer 5G spectrum bands. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has awarded the 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands through a public auction. This award increases the total amount of spectrum assigned to the mobile sector in Saudi Arabia by 69 per cent, from 420 MHz to 710 MHz. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Polish Ministry of Digitization has issued a one-week consultation on its delay to re-allocating the 700 MHz band from broadcasting to mobile services. The Ministry proposes to update the National Action Plan such that the band will be reallocated by June 2022, rather than June 2020. The delay follows… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The US telecoms regulator, the FCC, has published a consultation in the Federal Register that proposes to harmonise the rules for Digital Broadcast Satellite Services at 12.2 - 12.7 GHz and 17.3 - 17.8 GHz with those that are applicable to geostationary-orbit Fixed Satellite Service systems. Comments on these proposals… Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The sale of 700 MHz licences in Sweden raised a total of $311.9 million (SEK2.82 billion)–370 per cent more than the reserve price. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has issued a consultation on proposed revisions to its technical codes for digital radio. These revisions are intended to establish common minimum standards for listeners' experience of DAB radio and to ensure that different groups of radio stations do not conflict or interfere with one… Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
With less than a month until MWC Barcelona kicks off, the hype surrounding 5G is reaching unprecedented levels - even by wireless industry standards. More and more telecoms companies are now sharing their ambitious plans about how we’ll soon be living in a 5G world. The release of technology and… Read more...