The European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) has approved the axing of a "downlink-only" (SDL) clause in the proposed EU decision on the UHF band. In the US, the band plan for 600 MHz after the incentive auction also makes the introduction of SDL unlikely in that… Read more...

As bidding in the US spectrum incentive auction winds down, the focus shifts to the nitty-gritty of moving broadcasters out of their spectrum. Read more...

The UK’s National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) is considering less than full connectivity on roads, raising questions about the more ambitious elements of the 5G vision. Read more...

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3GPP’s Release 15 will probably bear the “5G stamp”. This means that there is nothing to stop marketers calling LTE and LTE-advanced technology included in the final documentation “5G” when it is approved around the end of 2018. Read more...

The newly appointed Federal Communications Commission Chairman (FCC) Ajit Pai looks set to prioritise finalising the spectrum incentive auction, freeing spectrum for 5G and clawing back government spectrum for commercial use. Read more...

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC), an influential group of UK MPs, says the planned Emergency Services Network (ESN) is unlikely to be ready by December 2019. Read more...

Larry Stone, BT’s president of group public and government affairs, says the company has held meetings with the UK government to discuss post-Brexit telecoms policy and the UK’s relationship with the rest of Europe. Read more...

The US operator's recent trial was with an unspecified business customer on a simulated network. Read more...

Discussions within 3GPP’s Project Coordination Group (PGC) are still ongoing, but for now it looks like the 5G stamp will make it onto the front page of all specification documents for Release 15. Read more...