As Facebook continues its mission "to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together", it remains focused on the need for spectrum in a wider range of  bands, including above 95 GHz and has urged the FCC and Ofcom to ensure availability of spectrum for… Read more...

Google remains a strong proponent of unlicensed spectrum, sharing and dynamic spectrum sharing. Over the past year it has  focused on the 3.5 GHz, 6 GHz and over 95 GHz bands in particular. It continues to run a TV white space database. Read more...

The ability to use 26 GHz for 5G is limited by the need to protect satellite earth observation services in 24 GHz. But what are the engineering issues behind this? Independent consultant Roberto Ercole explains how they affect the commercial prospects for the band and could influence operators as they… Read more...

Unlike the 2.4 GHz ISM band, the most attractive unlicensed spectrum for low-power IoT networks just below 1 GHz is not globally harmonised. Is better harmonisation needed and how much can be achieved? Read more...

In the second of our series of articles about IoT networks, we consider the benefits of adding a satellite component and the industry progress in achieving this. Read more...

Analysts expect mobile to dominate the market for IoT connections, but there is greater uncertainty about what this will mean for revenues.  The key question seems to be, can operators provide more than just the pipe? Read more...

November 2017 marked the half-way point between WRC-15 and WRC-19, the regular inter-governmental meeting tasked with amending the Radio Regulations. In a series of Research Notes, we take stock of global preparations for the meeting. This Note explains how the process works and we examine the agenda items in detail… Read more...

This Research Note looks at agenda items contained in Chapters 1 and 2 of the Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM) Report, principally new spectrum for High Altitude Platforms (HAPS); the identification of frequencies for some transport applications; extending the 5GHz Wi-Fi band; and terrestrial and satellite coexistence around 2 GHz. The… Read more...

This research note looks at the satellite agenda items in Chapter 3 of the CPM Report, focussing on the removal of a restriction on broadcasting-satellite services and improving spectrum access for movable earth stations and non-geostationary satellites. Read more...

This note looks at agenda items contained under Chapters 4, 5, and 6 of the Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM) report, focussing on additional spectrum for the control and tracking of satellites; protecting data uplinks from ocean buoys and weather stations; accommodating the new Global Maritime Distress Safety Systems; and making an amateur… Read more...