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by Jonathan Watson
This month we report on the decision by European administrations to oppose IMT identification for UHF spectrum between 470 and 694 MHz. We also assess the progress made towards digital switchover in ITU Region 1 and the continuing discussions in the US about next year's incentive auction. Updates from France,… Read more...
by Toby Youell
As the next generation of mobile telephony arrives, regulators will have to decide how to enable the development of 5G mobile networks that could require channels as wide as 1 GHz, and at frequencies above 6 GHz that have incumbent users. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The BRIght Target Explorer (BRITE) project launched a constellation of five cubesats (small satellites) in February 2013 in the hope of detecting the temperature and brightness variations of distant massive luminous stars. In October, the project found a directional antenna radar system. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Amidst heightened security concerns, the French government has decided to reserve 2 x 8 MHz of spectrum for LTE-based PPDR as part of their arrangements for the upcoming 700 MHz band assignment. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN), a global group of major telecoms providers and “co-operation partners” such as 5GPPP, the GSMA and ETSI, plans to push for more spectrum allocation as part of its 5G work programme. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Spectrum policy is absent from the political agreement reached two years after the European Commission released its original proposals. Read more...
by Toby Youell
A new report by the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG), the inter-governmental group that advises the European Commission on spectrum matters, has identified light licensing as an “attractive” way of addressing growing demand for spectrum through wireless backhaul. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The FCC says it plans to introduce new rules designed to prevent the kind of behaviour that led to Dish saving $3 billion in the AWS-3 auction earlier this year. Read more...