PTS will offer spectrum in the 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz and 26 GHz bands.
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority announced plans to make available 100 to 200 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz bands and up to 1,000 megahertz in the 26 GHz band for “5G” tests.
The regulator said the two spectrum bands are, together with the 700 MHz band, identified as initial pioneer bands for 5G deployment in Europe.
During a public consultation in February 2017, PTS said it received responses to its Spectrum Plan proposal for the tests and examined the market’s interest in licenses to conduct tests beginning this year. The regulator revealed that nine companies responded to its public consultation, with those stakeholders expressing support for most of PTS’s proposal on the spectrum plan for tests.
Beginning in 2020, PTS said it intends to assign spectrum frequencies for long-term use, which would allow for large-scale commercial network deployments.
Thai telco True selects Ericsson for 5G trial
Thai telecommunications firm True Corp selected Ericsson to oversee what it claims to be the country’s first 5G trial, local press reported.
True’s trial is set to include multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology and a time division duplex configuration.
“We are collaborating with Ericsson to design and develop the first technology of its kind for wireless internet networks,” said Adisak Prasongsup, chief network operations officer at True Corp., in a statement. “Thanks to massive MIMO TDD, the 5G technology we are developing will be about 20-times faster than our current 4.5G technology.”
