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In this month's issue we report on the European Commission's commitment to its 2020 deadline for EU member states to reassign 700 MHz spectrum and the initial reactions to the…

Takehiro Nakamura, managing director of Japanese firm Docomo's 5G lab, has said its target 5G bands are 3.4-3.8 GHz, 4.4-4.99 GHz and 27.5-29.5 GHz. He hopes Europe will work on…

The UK referendum result creates difficulties for the European Commission’s "digital single market" aims and a British chair of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group could pose problems for the telecoms…

Following a discussion at the 11th Spectrum Management Conference in Brussels last week, director of the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau François Rancy responded (along with other ITU representatives) to criticisms of…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on 14 July on a proposal to open up almost 11 GHz of spectrum for 5G. The idea is to get ahead of…

Speaking at an event in Brussels, the head of spectrum at UK mobile operator EE argued that the harmonisation of spectrum licensing would not make for uniform consumer preferences across…

Speaking at the 11th annual European Spectrum Management Conference, Anthony Whelan of DG Connect said that spectrum policy is as political as ever.

The Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Alliance and ITS Observatory aim to put Europe in the lead in developing and rolling out intelligent transport systems (ITS).

The regulator's decision to allow spectrum trading has spurred consolidation, but has also raised concerns for operators.

At a recent industry event in the UK, local and national government officials discussed the many obstacles to realising the technological advancements central to the 5G vision. London might steal…

EU governments have tentatively agreed to open the 694-790 MHz band to mobile broadband services under technically harmonised conditions by 2020. Many say they'll do so before or by then,…

Speaking at a conference in London, the UK minister responsible for spectrum, Ed Vaizey, said a merger between Three and O2 would not necessarily have led to a three-player market…

The Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) says the band, which was identified for mobile broadband at WRC-15, has the possibility to “put Europe at the forefront of 5G deployment”. Satellite…

Nokia and Qualcomm have been testing MulteFire in Wi-Fi's home frequency and say deployment will take place next year. The system does not use licensed spectrum like licence-assisted access (LAA)…

The 5G vision has not been coupled with a business case, nor integrated well with the existing structure of operators and other players in the current communications environment.