by Catherine Viola
As a leading provider of Wi-Fi equipment, Cisco is pushing for the expansion of licence-exempt frequencies in the 6 GHz band Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
US and Mexican operator AT&T is investing heavily in 5G and plans to be the first US provider to offer services in the technology. It launched an LTE-M low-power wide-area network in 2017, and in 2019 intends to roll out Voice over LTE for LTE-M. Its current spectrum priorities include… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
US-only carrier Verizon's 4G LTE network covers 98% of the US population and it expects to launch 5G wireless broadband services in several markets in 2018. Its current focus is on the 3.7-4.2 GHz, 2.5 GHz, 28 GHz, 29 GHz, 31 GHz and 39 GHz bands. It's also pressing for… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
SoftBank and its US segment, Sprint, seek to lead the pack in 5G rollout, with Sprint preparing to launch a US 5G mobile network using 2.5 GHz in the first half of 2019 while the FCC reviews a proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. In Japan the 5G focus is… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
As Facebook continues its mission "to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together", it remains focused on the need for spectrum in a wider range of bands, including above 95 GHz and has urged the FCC and Ofcom to ensure availability of spectrum for… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Google remains a strong proponent of unlicensed spectrum, sharing and dynamic spectrum sharing. Over the past year it has focused on the 3.5 GHz, 6 GHz and over 95 GHz bands in particular. It continues to run a TV white space database. Read more...
by Toby Youell
This research note looks at the satellite agenda items in Chapter 3 of the CPM Report, focussing on the removal of a restriction on broadcasting-satellite services and improving spectrum access for movable earth stations and non-geostationary satellites. Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
Steady progress is being made in releasing 700 MHz for mobile with 30 auctions anticipated over the next three years. Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas are the furthest advanced but few definite plans have been made in Africa or central Asian countries. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Talk of a merger between US carriers T-Mobile and Sprint came to nothing but stimulated lots of discussion about how much spectrum they would have to give up. This made us wonder: do merging operators always have to give up spectrum? How do competition authorities decide how much divestiture is… Read more...
by Patrick Gahan
In March 2017 the FCC assigned licences in the 600 MHz band by means of an incentive auction where broadcasters offered their spectrum through a reverse auction and this was made available to operators through a forward auction. Read more...