by Manuel R. Marti
Brazil has officially confirmed it will open the entire 6 GHz band for unlicensed use and has unveiled more details of its hybrid approach. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Jessica Rosenworcel, appointed acting chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by new US President Joe Biden, has long championed reliable broadband access for all and is expected to focus on freeing up new spectrum to achieve that goal. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Brazil is moving ahead with its plan to open the entire 6 GHz band for unlicensed use. More countries in the region, including Canada, Colombia and Mexico, could soon follow. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Mario Maniewicz, director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau, has warned of the possible unintended consequences of making the 6 GHz band available for unlicensed services. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
RED Technologies, founded in France in 2012, offers a spectrum access system (SAS) that operates in TV white spaces and the US Citizens Broadband Radio Service band and is looking to enter the 6 GHz market. The company has found innovative opportunities are lacking in its home country. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
UK regulator Ofcom will, as expected, liberate spectrum in the lower 6 GHz band for Wi-Fi, aligning it with the US, South Korea and other countries—and adding to the upcoming WRC-23 debate over whether the band should be licensed for 5G or made licence-exempt. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
PolicyTracker’s webinar on the 6 GHz band highlighted the divisions between the Wi-Fi sector, the mobile industry and equipment manufacturers when it comes to WRC-23 Agenda Item 1.2. Read more...
by Richard Handford
South Korea has become the latest country, following recent decisions in the US and Brazil, to open 5925—7125 MHz for unlicensed services. Read more...
by William Webb
Spectrum management can be an adversarial world. At any particular point in time, there are typically a number of spectrum bands “in play”. At the moment, we have the 3.4—4.2 GHz band, 6 GHz band and various mmWave bands. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Asian governments need to delicense the 6 GHz, 60 GHz and 70 GHz bands for Wi-Fi and backhaul as a priority, said Bharat Bhatia, president of ITU-APT Foundation of India, during a PolicyTracker webinar. Read more...