Last week’s European Commission workshop on the 5.9 GHz band highlighted just how split automotive, mobile and equipment manufacturers are when it comes to safety-related transport. Read more...

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The European C-Roads project disagrees and says this is a commercial argument rather than a technical one. Read more...

Since being accorded an effective global IMT identification at WRC-15, the prospects for this band have continued to grow. Licences for the use of the band have been assigned in three European countries where SDL looks to be a popular current and future use of the Band, particularly as the… Read more...

After leaving it out of a consultation on a multi-band auction in May, Belgium is now considering auctioning the band in 2019. Read more...

The regulator told PolicyTracker it is not currently considering releasing 2.3 GHz ahead of the eventual release of 3.4 GHz, as requested by O2. Read more...

Deutsche Telekom (DT) and Huawei claim they achieved 2 Gbps throughput with three millisecond latency. Read more...

The attempt to take control of the Broadband Radio Area Networks (BRAN) group at ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute), a forum for the Wi-Fi and mobile sectors, was made earlier this year following a decision by the group's chair. Read more...

WRC-15 did not identify 5G candidate bands in this range but the technology is expected to be deployed in 3.5 GHz, which is being backed in the US and Europe. An extended the 5 GHz unlicensed band may not be used for 5G directly but it will benefit the increasingly… Read more...

After failing to gain support at WRC-15, the 6-10 GHz range remains very quiet on the regulatory front, although efforts to extend the 5 GHz and 5.9 GHz bands could see the release of more usable spectrum for mobile. Read more...