There are hopes that a new entrant could join the mobile market, but getting through to the country’s president, Rodrigo Duterte, is not easy. Read more...

Nokia’s chief executive Rajeev Suri said on the company’s quarterly earnings call earlier this week that “lead customers in both the United States and China” would deploy sooner than the 2020 date the company had previously expected. Read more...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision expands the current 76-77 GHz allocation to the entire 76-81 GHz band and transitions vehicular radars out of 24 GHz, bringing the US into alignment with Europe. Expect commercial take-up in the higher band soon, said one telecoms attorney. Read more...

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  Ofcom also supports truncating the 66-76 GHz band to focus on 66-71 GHz for international 5G study and setting the same technical conditions for the three bands falling within 37-43.5 GHz. Read more...

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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is inviting views on whether measures need to be taken to encourage the deployment of digital radio in the FM bands. The state-owned All India Radio (AIR) is in the process of deploying digital services in medium wave (MW) and short wave (SW)… Read more...

Speaking ahead of its announcement of a London trial of a superfast fixed wireless access network, Arqiva said “yes, we’re calling it 5G”. The satellite industry is concerned about the use of the band. Read more...

  Poland’s telecoms regulator UKE is in talks with its counterparts in Russia and Ukraine on releasing spectrum for 5G in the 700 MHz band, but its priority is to allocate the 2.3-2.4 GHz and 3.4-3.8 GHz bands for 5G rollout.   Read more...