by Patrick Gahan
Poland's spectrum regulator the UKE has opened a consultation on the use of spectrum in the 700 MHz, 3.5 GHz, 26 GHz bands. As part of this consultation the UKE also asked participants for input on the 3.7 GHz, and 1.5 GHz bands. The full consultation document can be found in… Read more...
by Toby Youell
Abdoulkarim Soumaila, secretary general of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), told PolicyTracker that he hopes the international community will come round to the ATU's way of thinking on two WRC-19 agenda items where other regions are tempted to oppose change. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
"Wi-Fi is now seen as essential to 5G - to the extent that 5G networks are being designed to control handovers to and from Wi-Fi, and to balance and allocate data traffic between the two network types according to the 5G network operator's criteria," says a recently published study on fixed-mobile… Read more...
by Richard Handford
South Korea may have broken new ground with its auction of 28 GHz for 5G, but the proceeds from the sale of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band probably gave the government greater satisfaction. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Telecoms standards body 3GPP has published Release 15, which brings the enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) 5G technology standardisation process to a close. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
To keep subscribers better informed about the work we are doing in the Research Service, we are improving our email alert service. We want you to receive emails on the areas that interest you and be able to opt out of the services that don't. So Research Service subscribers will… Read more...
by Martin Sims
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has drafted regulations for the use of 5905-5925 MHz for intelligent networked vehicles and intelligent traffic information systems. These are now open to the public for comments. The draft regulations are available here. Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
The Norwegian Regulator is seeking comments on its draft rules for the auction of the following bands: high 6 GHz, 8 GHz, low 10 GHz, high 10 GHz, 13 GHz, 18 GHz, 23 GHz, 28 GHz and 38 GHz. It will be a two stage auction, the first for generic… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
UK Broadband has asked to change its the licence in the lower of its two frequency blocks in this band. It wants to shift it down by 5 MHz and surrendering its rights to use 4 MHz of spectrum. Ofcom is minded to agree but is inviting comments. The full consultation… Read more...