by Toby Youell
Satellite operators are resisting the regulator-driven clearing and/or sharing of the 3.7–4.2 GHz band in the US. Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
The EU's spectrum advisory group, the RSPG, is holding a public consultation on its draft third opinion on 5G. As part of the RSPG's greater 5G spectrum roadmap, this deals with issues relating to the implementation of 5G, including: preventing the fragmentation of the 3.4 GHz to 3.8 GHz band… Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
A legal ruling is expected any day now in the UK instalment of the long-running Viasat/Inmarsat battle over MSS spectrum. It all turns on the most confusing word in the english language... Whether it's fair and fare, maid and made or band and banned, we often find ourselves stumbling over… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The Chilean government department responsible for spectrum policy, Subtel, has proposed new spectrum caps that would make the country’s mobile operators lose access to spectrum in the AWS, 1900 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Hungary’s regulator is planning to launch a 5G auction next year, with 700 MHz and 3400-3800 MHz spectrum expected to be made available. Read more...
by Spectrum Research Service Blog
Continuing our analysis of current mobile bands in the Spectrum Research Service, we look at the gradual progress towards extending L-Band. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Five years ago spectrum under 1 GHz was described as beachfront spectrum on the basis that it was the most valuable spectrum property available. Subsequently hype around 5G shifted regulators’ focus to mmWaves, and but in the last year, mid-band frequencies have attracted more and more attention. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) is about to issue its third opinion on 5G, according to its chair Jonas Wessel. Read more...
by Spectrum Research Service Blog
In the past few weeks we have updated our Spectrum Research Service entries about the current mobile bands and will be highlighting trends in a series of research notes. We start by identifying the technological progression from 2G to 5G. Some bands are still being used for 2G - and… Read more...
by Toby Youell
The most important LTE band in most countries remains the 1800 MHz band. This role is taken by the AWS Bands in the Americas, which also has extensive use of the 1900 MHz band for 4G. The rest of the world has widespread 4G use of the 800 MHz and… Read more...