CEPT has called for feedback on a draft report (ECC Report 272) concerning satellite earth Stations operated in the frequency bands 4-6 GHz, 12-18 GHz And 18-40 GHz in the vicinity of airports and airfields.  This includes both fixed stations as well as those installed on vessels and aircraft. The… Read more...

Canada's ISED has launched a consultation on the country's spectrum outlook from 2018 to 2022.  This extensive consultation calls for feedback on a variety of topics including: spectrum licensing regimes, supporting future network traffic, satellite spectrum requirements, backhaul spectrum requirements as well as the release of future spectrum. The deadline for responses to… Read more...

Further trials in the 3.7 GHz band in Germany are on the way, says chief technology and innovation officer Claudia Nemat. Read more...

The Brazilian regulator is one of many worldwide to have launched a consultation on using the 3.5 GHz band for 5G. However, it intends to focus on LTE-A in the band first. The regulator has also said that 5G auctions will be held after 2020, once global terms on bandwidth… Read more...

81-86 GHz is likely to be identified as a future 5G band - it is being studied by the ITU and has been proposed for release in the USA. Few voices have been raised in opposition but the band lacks strong advocates in the vendor community. Read more...

A limited number of stakeholders support further research in this band with several proposals to ease regulation to stimulate innovation. However, most stakeholders feel that lower bands should be the first priority and nothing in this range was agreed as an ITU 5G candidate band. Read more...

There is some interest in deploying 5G in these bands but work in this area is at an experimental stage. Most stakeholders do not regard this as a priority and some important players think frequencies above 100 GHz are inherently unsuitable. (This entry has been replaced but the Above 100… Read more...

The Indian regulator is planning an auction of spectrum in nine bands. Given the mobile industry's current "cash crunch", such an auction isn't likely to spark much interest, one telecoms consultant said. Read more...

Franz Ziegelwanger of Austrian regulator RTR, who is leading the RSPG’s work on spectrum for programme making and special events (PMSE), told last week's RSPG workshop in Warsaw that the release of the 700 MHz band for mobile use in Europe could necessitate the allocation of a dedicated block of spectrum… Read more...

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