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Stefan Wimmer, director of wireless internet service provider m3connect, told a recent CEPT workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark that the European Commission should “give enterprises a chance to have harmonised dedicated spectrum across…

US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unanimously voted to propose allocating the 1675–1680 MHz band for mobile while protecting the current meteorological services that use the band.

David Redl, the most senior public sector spectrum official in the US, has resigned. The lawyer and former congressional telecoms policy advisor has not yet publicly disclosed why.

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singapore’s regulator, wants to assign the 3.5 GHz, 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands for a 5G launch in 2020, although like other ASEAN…

In the second of a series of articles about electromagnetic fields (EMFs) in the age of 5G, we take a look at beamforming. This is considered an essential feature of…

Electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure limits may become an additional challenge for the next generation of mobile networks.  

US vice president Mike Pence told the SATELLITE 2019 conference that he would ensure the industry has “continued access to wireless spectrum”.

The mobile broadband global standards body, the 3GPP, could collapse under its own weight unless it changes its working practices, says European Telecommunications Standards Institute CTO Adrian Scrase.

Finland may not be able to use the 700 MHz band for public safety networks due to interference from Russian TV broadcasting. 

Experts claim that unlicensed spectrum will have an expanding role in 5G as it could help many vertical use cases which need to be launched locally and quickly.

Republican commissioner Michael O’Rielly told the 5G Summit in New York that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must change its procedures so that it can hold auctions more quickly.

With the arrival of LTE-based mobile broadband, the concept of dedicated spectrum for PPDR (public protection and disaster relief) applications has now evolved and governments are looking into a wide…

The country’s three incumbents can now use 800 and 2600 MHz spectrum, but they were obliged to start commercial LTE services within one month. 

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has asked for comments on the best ways to reshuffle narrowband private land mobile licences away from new broadband licences.

Canada has sold the 600 MHz band for CAD 3.47 billion (US$2.6 billion), which is roughly the equivalent of US$ 1.06/MHz/POP (although his figure doesn't take account of unsold spectrum…