BROWSING: Spectrum

  The local telecom regulator also announced new security requirements for telecommunications vendors Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has confirmed that it will award spectrum for the provision of local 5G services in the second half of this year. Under this process, German companies will be able...

Koh appointed to lead US presence at ITU's WRC Grace Koh will lead the U.S. delegation to the International Telecommunications Union's World Radiocommunication Conference 2019, which will be held this fall in Egypt. Koh has private sector experience in technology, legal and regulatory policy and recently...

  Huawei 5G strategy marked by commercial end-to-end availability Operators are continuing to invest in gigabit-class LTE while deploying early non-standalone 5G networks leveraging those 4G investments and paving the way for more advanced 5G services as standards progress and networks become more ubiquitous. Speaking with RCR...

As the Federal Communications Commission moves quickly to open up additional millimeter wave spectrum for commercial use, it has identified 38 qualified bidders who plan to participate in the upcoming 24 GHz auction. That's two fewer qualified bidders than the previous mmWave auction for spectrum...

  The executive said that commercial 5G services in Canada will not be launched before the second half of 2020 Canadian carrier Telus expects to launch a request for proposal (RFP) to select its 5G vendor later this year, the company’s president and CEO Darren Entwistle,...

CTIA says U.S. lags in making mid-band spectrum available As the U.S. Senate prepares for a hearing on 5G, CTIA has released new analysis which estimates that making another 400 megahertz of mid-band spectrum available for 5G services would add $274 billion to the U.S....

Auction 102 will put nearly 3,000 24 GHz licenses up for grabs On the heels of the conclusion of its first millimeter wave spectrum auction that raised $702 million, the Federal Communications Commission is forging ahead with another mmWave auction: this time, at 24 GHz. Bidding...

The Federal Communications Commission's auction of millimeter wave spectrum at 28 GHz has concluded after 176 rounds, having raised nearly $702.6 million in provisionally winning bids. According to the FCC, the identities of winning bidders will not be made public until after the end of...

Federal Communications Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel continued her backing of an incentive auction for Educational Broadband Service licenses at 2.5 GHz at a forum in Washington, D.C., framing it as a compromise option to "honor" the intent for educational use in the band while avoiding...

The Federal Communications Commission's millimeter wave auction appears to be winding down, although it looks like bidding will continue in the new year. The auction has raised $689,788,660, as of the end of the fourth round of bidding on Thursday -- a total which has barely...

The Federal Communications Commission's auction of millimeter wave frequencies has raised nearly $690 million. The auction is slated to continue through this week, although bidding has slowed considerably. Four bidding rounds will be held today. Auction 101 includes just over 3,000 county-based licenses in two 425-megahertz blocks...

Bidding in the Federal Communications Commission’s current auction of millimeter wave spectrum hit a lull yesterday, although it bounced back this morning with a round garnering $21 million in bids. Auction 101 has now raised nearly $580 million in bids, with three additional rounds of...

New research explores frequencies up to 150 GHz Even as the mobile industry steps into a 5G world where it is making use of millimeter wave frequencies for commercial cellular services, some are eyeing even higher -- and more plentiful -- spectrum resources. Test company Rohde...

The Federal Communications Commission’s auction of millimeter wave spectrum for 5G service has raised more than $145 million in bids. Fourteen rounds of bidding have been completed over five days, and now the auction bidding takes a break for the Thanksgiving holiday. Auction 101 includes just over...

mmWave auction bidding continues today After five rounds of bidding, the Federal Communications Commission's auction of millimeter wave spectrum for 5G service has raised more than $62.2 million. Two more rounds of bidding are scheduled for today, after bidding in Auction 101 was temporarily suspended...

  BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler have already expressed interest in operating private 5G networks for their plants German car makers are looking to deploy their own 5G networks in order to start manufacturing self-driving cars by 2021, German press reported. Under such a scenario, car makers would...

Prototype spectrum-sharing devices "reliably detected" DSRC signals -- but where will FCC go from here? The Federal Communications Commission's Office of Engineering and Technology has released testing results which show that prototype devices can successfully share 5.9 GHz spectrum that is currently allocated to Dedicate...

President calls for long-term National Spectrum Strategy In a memorandum on national spectrum policy, President Donald Trump called out the importance of the U.S. being first in 5G and ordered government agencies to review their spectrum holdings and continue to seek opportunities for spectrum sharing. Access...

CBRS rules finalized The Federal Communications Commission has finalized the rules governing Priority Access Licenses for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service at 3.5 GHz, setting the stage for a PAL spectrum auction. The FCC's update to the rules governing CBRS left in place the three-tiered spectrum...

NCTA calls DSRC 'failed;' wants 5.9 GHz for Wi-Fi Almost two decades ago the U.S. Federal Communications Commission set aside the 5.9 GHz band for dedicated short range communications with the goal of letting vehicles communicate with one another using unlicensed airwaves. Since that move...

T-Mobile US presentation to FCC lays out network plans T-Mobile US sketched out its vision for a combined 5G network if its proposed merger with Sprint goes through and argued that the combination will put it in a position to better compete in a 5G...

The European Commission (EC) will make usage of the 900MHz band for short-range devices consistent across all member states. The move will make the 874-876 and 915-921 MHz bands a default frequency for applications related to smart cities, smart homes, smart farming, transport, logistics...

  NTT DoComo, KDDI and SoftBank aim to launch full 5G services in 2020 Japanese mobile carriers have confirmed plans to launch 5G commercial services in 2019, a year ahead of schedule, local press reported. NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and Softbank representatives said during a communications ministry hearing...

  Local carriers TIM and Vodafone Italia secured spectrum in the 3.7 GHz, 26 GHz and 700 MHz bands Italy's Ministry of Economic Development announced the completion of the national 5G spectrum tender, in which the government raised a total of EUR 6.55 billion ($7.56 billion),...