by Patrick Gahan
The TRAI has called for feedback on the regulators national telecom policy for 2018. This touches on a wide range of broadcasting, wired and wireless internet and communication services. With regards to spectrum and spectrum management the TRAI will look at improving WiFi access, improving national wireless broadband access and… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Connect Americans Now (CAN) wants to bring affordable, reliable broadband to over 20 million people in rural areas using TV white space (TVWS) technology. Could the initiative help drive greater use of TVWS spectrum? Read more...
by Toby Youell
All 50 US states, two territories and Washington D.C. decided to join the public safety wireless broadband network before the window closed on 28 December. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
Ofcom said it was also planning to launch a consultation on sharing in the 3.8-4.2 GHz band later this year. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The request for information follows a joint call from the country’s spectrum regulator Nkom and the current network provider, which is operated by Motorola - one of the main partners in the UK’s LTE PPDR project. Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
The Slovakian Office for the Regulation of Electronic Communications (NRR) has called for feedback on the future use of frequencies in the 450 MHz band in preparation for a future allocation of spectrum in the 450 MHz band. A licence for a single 2×4.42 MHz block had previously been held by Slovak Telekom,… Read more...
by Kane Mumford
In the second part of this two-part series, we reflect on the continuing discussions this year about the mmWave bands. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
For mobile operators, 2017 came full circle as it drew to a close. Just like last year, senior figures from the mobile industry are starting the winter by urging caution on the how 5G is sold. Read more...
by Toby Youell
US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to auction flexible wireless use licences in several mmWave bands that are already partially assigned in a jumble of licences. AT&T has proposed a way of smoothing out the complexities of such an auction. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The UK's High Court of Justice has rejected arguments from mobile operators Three and BT/EE that the regulator's decision to impose caps on the amount of spectrum an operator could acquire in the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands was unreasonable. Read more...