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 Laura Sear
WRC-23 agreed on three separate IMT identification footnotes in the 6425—7127 MHz band. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
The forthcoming World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23) is set to be contentious, with the debate on the allocation of the 6 GHz frequency band coming to a head. The key question is whether the band should be allocated for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), including possible additional allocations to the mobile service… Read more...
by Laura Sear
6 GHz spectrum could enable a large number of non-overlapping channels and the diversity of channel widths (20—320 MHz) that may turn out to be essential for enterprise networks, according to several companies that provide such networks. Read more...
by Laura Sear
Ofcom received responses from 41 stakeholders, almost half of whom want the band to be reserved for Wi-Fi. Eight respondents would like to use the band for IMT and seven of the respondents supported the hybrid solution. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Standard power 6 GHz-enabled devices for Wi-Fi 6E are becoming available and are expected to spread quickly as administrations approve automated frequency coordination systems (AFCs). Read more...
by Richard Handford
Twenty-three of 38 countries in the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) have backed global identification of the 7025—7125 MHz band for IMT. Read more...
by Laura Sear
Broadband providers are already advertising Wi-Fi 7 even though it seems some way off. Policytracker spoke to Rahul Patel, Senior Vice President of Connectivity at Qualcomm, about the spectral characteristics of the next-generation Wi-Fi system. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing to open two parts of the 6 GHz band to very low power (VLP) devices. Read more...
by Laura Sear
At a recent CEPT meeting in Berlin, Qualcomm, LS telcom/Meta and Vodafone/Ericsson shared their first insights into the possibility of coexistence between WiFi and mobile in the upper 6 GHz band. Read more...