by Richard Handford
Operators from countries such as South Korea, Japan and the US attended a meeting held by a group that backs 28 GHz for the first time. Mexico’s regulator was also represented. Read more...
by Martin Sims
The US military hopes so and has organised a competition to develop the necessary technology. The first round has been won by a team from Vanderbilt University, which is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
SES and Intelsat are pressing US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow satellite services in the US to share downlink spectrum in the 3700-4200 MHz band with terrestrial mobile services. The proposal aims to stave off FCC-ordered reallocation of the spectrum for 5G. Read more...
by Kane Mumford
The request for information follows a joint call from the country’s spectrum regulator Nkom and the current network provider, which is operated by Motorola - one of the main partners in the UK’s LTE PPDR project. Read more...
by Toby Youell
US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has presented a number of spectrum policy decisions and proposals for the mmWave bands. They are the latest moves in an ongoing effort to allow greater use of frequencies above 24 GHz. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
As a documentary about Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr premieres in London, PolicyTracker takes a look at her work on spread spectrum. This helped to pave the way for frequency hopping, and ultimately, technologies like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Richard Thaler, who was awarded the Nobel prize in economic science last week, is viewed as a pioneer of behavioural economics and a leading advocate for the "nudge theory" of behaviour modification. However, he has also turned his attention to spectrum issues and was an early backer of the idea… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The Commercial Smallsat Spectrum Management Association, launched this month, will campaign for an expedited spectrum coordination process for shared spectrum as well as on other spectrum issues affecting the community. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
In addition to as-yet-unresolved technical issues, efforts to deploy the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) in the US face a split between stakeholders who want to retain current licensing rules and those who say doing so risks undermining investment in 5G. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision expands the current 76-77 GHz allocation to the entire 76-81 GHz band and transitions vehicular radars out of 24 GHz, bringing the US into alignment with Europe. Expect commercial take-up in the higher band soon, said one telecoms attorney. Read more...