by Laura Sear
A US House of Representatives subcommittee raised concerns over China’s growing influence in ITU standards-setting ahead of WRC‑27 in Shanghai. It is warning of security, economic, and diplomatic risks if Washington does not respond with a more coordinated strategy. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Chinese city won over a majority of ITU member states, concluding a politically fraught selection process. However, several member states chose to abstain or vote against. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has awarded a satellite mobile communications business licence to China Unicom. Read more...
by Richard Handford
India’s government has issued a draft notification to delicense the lower part of the 6 GHz band and is making progress with its strategy for IMT in the upper part of the band. Read more...
by Richard Handford
China has applied to host the next World Radiocommunication Conference in Shanghai in 2027. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) allowed the country’s mobile network operators to test the mmWave band for the first time. Read more...
by Richard Handford
A study compiled by Plum Consulting for the Wi-Fi Alliance argues that home broadband speeds in China are constrained by a lack of Wi-Fi spectrum. Read more...
by Richard Handford
More information emerged about the timeline for IMT availability in the 6 GHz band during a conference presentation by a senior official from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Read more...
by Richard Handford
Hong Kong intends to assign frequencies in the upper 6 GHz band for 5G before the end of Q1 2025 even though the territory’s mobile network operators (MNOs) consider the timing “premature”. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Hong Kong is proposing an auction of 400 MHz in the upper 6 GHz band for public mobile services, the first jurisdiction in the world to do so. Read more...