A bipartisan group of Congressmen have introduced a law that would remove the US regulator’s obligation to clear narrowband use of parts of the UHF band by public safety and…
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The satellite industry sees the mobile sector as a source of revenue growth, rather than a threat to spectrum allocations, in spite of possible future battles.
The ITU study groups are getting close to completing the final reports which will form the bedrock of the WRC-19 agreement. Some consensus is emerging, notably on 5G bands and…
A major debate is taking shape for WRC-19 over concerns that mobile use of the popular 26 GHz band for 5G could cause harmful interference to earth exploration satellites in…
Only machine learning software can prevent a dramatic rise in the number of cases of interference between new satellites, according to the head of a group of senior engineers.
NTT Docomo, KDDI and Softbank have cautioned against an over-reliance on bid size when making spectrum awards, as the Japanese government mulls a shake-up in frequency assignments.
The Small Cell Forum has welcomed the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) pledge to change some of the rules that govern the deployment of small cells.
Non-geostationary orbit satellite constellations are creating challenges for traditional regulatory processes.
Newly elected South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said his government intends to move forward on spectrum assignment. It's not clear yet whether that includes finalising the controversial wireless open…
The relatively high price of mobile services in Latin America is at least partly due to the region's regulators’ tendency to squeeze the sector for revenues, according to a new…
Regulators are taking different approaches to the current occupiers of the band but demand for existing 3.5 GHz services is continuing in many countries.
The passage of RAY BAUM’s Act (H.R. 4986) follows bipartisan bicameral agreement on spectrum-related legislation.
Operators from countries such as South Korea, Japan and the US attended a meeting held by a group that backs 28 GHz for the first time. Mexico’s regulator was also…
Mexico’s independent telecoms regulator, the Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, has set rules for an upcoming 2.5 GHz band auction that may curb the power of the country’s dominant mobile operator,…
The US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will study the band - currently used by the Department of Defense - as a potential way to increase the amount of…