Millimeter wave essential to meeting spectrum crunch and data demand
Gigabit LTE is boosting capacity to meet demand today and setting the stage for a smooth roll out of 5G that will enable users to have a consistent network experience as they move from 5G...
Comes on heels of AT&T and Huawei deal falling apart ahead of CES
Long-gestating concerns regarding the relationships between Huawei, ZTE and the Chinese government have long hindered the network infrastructure vendors' abilities to enter the U.S. market. This point was recently punctuated when AT&T...
Ofcom aims to kick off the process to award spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands
U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom has updated the timetable for setting the regulations that will apply to the forthcoming auction of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands...
Arcep said it will offer temporary frequency permits for local telcos to carry out 5G trials in nine cities
French telecoms regulator Arcep said it will issue temporary frequency authorizations to develop 5G pilots in France.The regulator said it will offer spectrum in the 3.5...
FCC preempted state-led action, but that isn't stopping handful of states
In the aftermath of the U.S. Federal Communication Commission's controversial repeal of Obama-era net neutrality protections, state-level politicians are taking up the cause of a free and open internet.
According to publish reports, officials in...
MegaFon is currently the only telco with spectrum to carry out 5G testing
Russia’s State Commission for Radio Frequencies (SCRF) has decided not to provide mobile operators Rostelecom, Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) and VimpelCom (Beeline) with the spectrum they had requested for testing 5G technologies, Russian...
Telecom regulator TRA announced the creation of three working groups to facilitate 5G developments in the Arab country
The United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced the initial steps for the future development of 5G networks in the country. The regulator confirmed that telecommunications...
With a 3-2 vote along party lines, last week the U.S. Federal Communications Commission reversed Obama-era net neutrality rules that treated internet service providers like utilities under Title II rules.
The highly unpopular move by the FCC has stakeholders concerned that major corporations like Comcast...
A phoned-in bomb threat delayed but didn't derail a 3-2 party-line vote of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to undo Obama-era regulations governing net neutrality. After security officials swept the room with bomb-sniffing dogs, Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a former legal rep for...
The GSMA estimates 5G will account for 31% of total mobile connections in Europe by 2025
European telecommunications ministers agreed on a joint roadmap for the development of 5G networks. The 5G roadmap constitutes a common understanding on the harmonization of 5G spectrum bands and their...
FCC Commissioners Rosenworcel and Clyburn against Chairman Pai's plan to undo Obama-era net neutrality rules
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican, announced plans for a Dec. 14 vote to remove net neutrality protections put in place by the previous FCC administration, and...
Push-to-Talk is on a rebound. Siyata Mobile is filling an important space in the changing wireless industry where there is a growing demand for PTT services. Some users and companies need this service, but had no place to turn. Siyata is focused on filling...
Ajit Pai's Federal Communications Commission is hitting its stride in regulatory rollbacks. On the agenda of this week's meeting: axing a 40-year-old rule on media ownership that prevented a single company from owning multiple types of media outlets in a single market; targeting illegal...
New licenses would support T-Mobile LTE coverage in parts of Wyoming and Idaho
In it's continuing effort to boost rural coverage, T-Mobile US is asking for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to give its consent to a proposed purchased of 700 MHz licenses from Silver...
Is the Trump administration backing away from mandating the use of Dedicated Short Range Communications technology in new vehicles?
The Associated Press reported that the administration has decided not to pursue a final vehicle-to-vehicle mandate for auto manufacturers to deploy DSRC, citing four anonymous sources, including...
One of the biggest challenges to scaling small cell deployments is variability in regulatory regimes--it's difficult to establish a uniform process when the rules are different in every city in the country. To facilitate a speedier evolution to ultra-dense networks, the telecom industry and...
Government announced the creation of a 5G working group which will include officials and industry players
The government of Australia has developed a paper outlining a 5G policy for the country, including the establishment of a working group to drive the deployment of 5G mobile...
Who attends 3GPP meetings and why do they attend?
The men and women who attend 3GPP meetings come from companies around the world and across the entire wireless ecosystem. The member companies include mobile operators, handset manufacturers, infrastructure suppliers, test equipment companies, and modem chipset...
In conjunction with FOX, T-Mobile is accelerating deployment of new spectrum
T-Mobile US continues its effort to aggressively deploy its 600 MHz holdings. Following activation of rural sites in Maine and Wyoming, the carrier is now focusing its efforts on the high-value, high-density New York...
Part 96 of FCC rules could support LTE deployments in shared CBRS spectrum
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has yet to finalize Part 96 rules governing shared access to spectrum in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) frequencies, 3550 MHz to 3700 MHz. But this...
Qualcomm identifies gigabit LTE and 5G as 'mega technology trends'
As the 3GPP continues work on the standalone variant of the 5G New Radio standard, which is tracking for release mid-2018, the telecom industry is poised for gearing up for rapid commercialization. A big part...
5G is truly a global phenomenon, and 5G NR – the global 5G standard – is being designed to support all spectrum types and bands for global deployments starting in 2019. We recently sat down with Dean Brenner, SVP of Spectrum Strategy & Tech...
Amid increasing Sprint/T-Mo merger chatter, wireless competition report says the market is "effective"
For the first time since 2009, the wireless industry's competitive landscape is "effective," according to the Federal Communications Commission's 20th annual report on wireless competition.
The three Republican commissioners, including Chairman Ajit Pai,...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently closed its formal comment period in its effort to reverse Title II utility-style regulation of the internet and restore broadband to its traditional status as an information service – the same status that it enjoyed for nearly 20...
