by Patrick Gahan
The Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) is holding a public consultation on the group's draft opinion on next year's World Radio Conference (WRC-19). The RSPG consultation document can be found here. Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
On May 2, 2018 Hong Kong's Communication Authority (CA) opened a consultation seeking feedback on the authority's plans for the future assignment of spectrum in the 3.4 - 3.6 GHz band as well as on the planned requirements to prevent interference between satellite and mobile services. Currently the whole band… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
On 15 March 2018 the Netherland's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate opened a public consultation on the future of digital infrastructure in the Netherlands. In the consultation the ministry is seeking feedback on a range of spectrum related topics related to future digital connectivity including: The future assignment process for… Read more...
by Martin Sims
The European regulators organisation, CEPT, is conducting a series of consultations on technical conditions for the harmonised use of 5G bands. These are listed below and relate to separate reports: Harmonised technical conditions for Mobile/Fixed Communications Networks (MFCN) in the band 24.25-27.5 GHz (26 GHz): a proposed ECC decision Review… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
Sweden's PTS has opened a consultation on the regulator's preliminary study and proposals for the future assignment of spectrum for 5G i the 3.4 - 3.8 GHz and 24.25 - 27.5 GHz bands. The PTS intends to make the above spectrum available for use from 2020 with the regulator proposing… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
Hong Kong's Communication Authority has invited interested industry parties to submit their views on using the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands for the provision of 5G services. The Communication Authority plans to make 4.1 GHz of contiguous spectrum available for mobile use in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands… Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
This is a further development of the plan first issued in November 2016. EU member states should consider appropriate measures to defragment the 3.6 GHz band, the primary 5G band, in time for authorising sufficiently large blocks of spectrum by 2020, the RSPG says. The opinion says the focus of… Read more...
by Catherine Viola
ACMA has launched a consultation on the use of mmWave spectrum for 5G services. In particular, the process seeks views on whether spectrum in the 26 GHz mmWave band (24.25-27.5 GHz) should be given accelerated consideration for 5G broadband. The consultation also asks for opinion on other potential 5G mmWave… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The UK National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has called for evidence of use cases in industry that 5G will be able to assist with. The NIC has asked respondents to focus on the following questions: What uses have been envisaged for 5G?Of those use cases identified, which appear most credible… Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The US regulator has published a lengthy "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" which proposes several measures to increase the potential for sharing between terrestrial and satellite services in the 37.5 to 42.5 GHz V Band. A second proposal envisages deleting the Broadcasting Satellite Service (BSS) allocation in the 42.0 to 42.5… Read more...