Wi-Fi4EU was announced by European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker in his September state of the union speech but more details came to light yesterday, raising questions about the viability of the project. Read more...

Figures from a range of industries at a debate in London mostly agreed that 2020 will see the introduction of MIMO and more carrier aggregation services, but that mmWave networks will not exist until at least 2025. They were also sceptical about IoT services using 5G. Read more...

Although many spectrum sharing studies and pilots are taking place in several bands, actual sharing uptake remains limited. That could change in the next year or two as companies vie to launch services in the 3.5 GHz band, made available in the US by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for… Read more...

The Australian regulator has launched a consultation on the draft allocation decisions for the 700 MHz spectrum band auction, revealing the proposed entry fee (A$10,000), lot configuration and auction methodology. Both lots available will be nationwide. The 2 x 10 MHz lot will consist of 738-748 MHz paired with 793-803… Read more...

Polish regulator UKE has opened a consultation on the draft decision to extend Orange Poland's licence for frequencies in the 450 MHz band. The new licence will be valid from 1 January 2017 until the end of 2031 and will cost PLN 115 million (€26.6 million). Read more...

The Australian regulator has launched a consultation on whether the 1427-1518 MHz and the 3575-3700 MHz bands should be moved forward to the "preliminary re-planning stage" of ACMA's process for considering additional spectrum for mobile broadband. Currently, they are part of the regulator's "initial investigation stage". The bands are currently… Read more...

The Australian regulator is inviting comments on its "Five-year spectrum outlook", which includes a work plan for the current financial year, an update on the mobile broadband program and planning for significant technology developments out to 2020—such as 5G, dynamic spectrum access (DSA) and the Internet of Things (IoT). Questions… Read more...

New Zealand's Radio Spectrum Management (RSM) is consulting on its draft Five Year Spectrum Outlook for 2017-2021.  RSM wants to look at areas of growth and development in spectrum management, review emerging wireless technologies impacting on the use of the radio spectrum and outline the indicative RSM work programme for… Read more...

The Australian regulator is inviting comments on its "Five-year spectrum outlook", which includes a work plan for the current financial year, an update on the mobile broadband program and planning for significant technology developments out to 2020—such as 5G, dynamic spectrum access (DSA) and the Internet of Things (IoT). Questions… Read more...

Here at Policytracker we were mildly annoyed when Europe’s regulators in the RSPG decided to identify 26 GHz as a 5G “pioneer band” along with 3.5 GHz and 700 MHz. Read more...