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Colombia to award 5G spectrum in December

The ministry will publish the planned mechanism for the 5G auction process in August Colombia is expected to auction 5G frequencies in December, according to the country’s Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTIC). The ministry reported that the 5G auction is expected to begin on...

Lack of spectrum challenges 5G rollout in India: COAI

COAI represents the interests of local carriers Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea The lack of enough 5G frequencies for Indian operators is likely to become a major hurdle for the rollout of 5G technology as well as Wi-Fi services with the emergence of...

BSNL secures key spectrum for 4G, 5G services in India

BSNL said it expected a 20% growth in revenue following the deployment of 4G services at a national level The government of India has earmarked a total of INR890 billion ($10.8 billion) for the allotment of spectrum for state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)...

Telcel plans to participate in Mexico’s 5G spectrum auction: Report

Telcel already owns 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band Mexican mobile operator Telcel, owned by telecommunications group America Movil, is considering whether to participate in the upcoming auction process through which the Mexican government expects to award 5G frequencies, local newspaper El...

FCC reauthorizes Firstnet spectrum use

FirstNet's spectrum use has been reauthorized, but Congress must act to extend its statutory authority A Federal Communications Commission bureau has reauthorized Firstnet's use of its Band 14 700 MHz spectrum, while a pending bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would make the agency's...

Ericsson, MediaTek claim upload speed record with uplink CA

Ericsson said that the combination of frequencies used was 50 megahertz FDD n1 and 100 megahertz TDD n77 Ericsson and MediaTek said they have set a new 5G upload speed record of 440 Mbps in low-band and mid-band spectrum using uplink carrier aggregation. In a release, the Swedish...

SK Telecom boosts microwave capacity with 80 GHz spectrum

SK Telecom plans to increase the scope of its use of microwave bands in the islands off South Korea's coast Korean carrier SK Telecom unveiled frequency-combining technology using the 11 GHz and 80 GHz spectrum bands with the aim of delivering high-capacity microwave communication to...

FCC votes to preserve parts of 12 GHz band, siding with SpaceX

The FCC will not authorize two-way, high-powered terrestrial mobile use on the 12.2-12.7 GHz band The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 4-0 this week to preserve parts of the 12 GHz spectrum band for advanced satellite services. The decision means that the Commission will not...

Spanish government aims to extend current spectrum licenses

The Spanish government said the consultation period on the move will remain open until June 12 Spain’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation has launched a public consultation on potentially extending the length of time that current spectrum license holders have access to radio...

CTIA 5G Summit: Industry pushes for ‘full-power, licensed spectrum’, FCC auction authority

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The refrain came again and again over the course of the afternoon, from carriers, network equipment makers and other industry players: Spectrum is the lifeblood of wireless, and the future of the telecommunications, the technological leadership of the United States, and the country's...

Argentina allocates the 6 GHz band to boost Wi-Fi 6 adoption

The government of Argentina said the decision to allocate the 6 Ghz for Wi-Fi 6 will enable this technology to be available for universities, large industrial factories and also for residential users The Argentine government confirmed it will allocate the entire 6 GHz band to...

New Zealand telcos get 3.5 GHz spectrum to boost 5G coverage

The long-term rights to the 3.5 GHz spectrum band for 5G services will come into effect on July 1, 2023 The government of New Zealand said it has signed contracts with local carriers Spark, 2Degrees and One New Zealand to accelerate the roll-out of 5G...

US government to propose 3.3-3.4 GHz for 5G use

State Department is requesting the band be officially recognized for 5G As the U.S. federal government continues its efforts to identify additional spectrum for mobile network use, particularly in the midband range, the U.S. State Department is beginning the process to have 3.3-3.4 GHz become...

Well, technically… you have to let technology develop in its own way: Federated Wireless’ Jennifer McCarthy (Ep. 94)

Jennifer McCarthy, VP of Legal Advocacy at Federated Wireless, takes us through the current state of spectrum in the U.S.

Korean government cancels SK Telecom’s 28 GHz license

SK Telecom had been given the right to use the 28 GHz band in 2018 and was required to install a total of 15,000 units of network equipment by May this year South Korea's ICT ministry canceled a license owned by local carrier SK Telecom...

Singapore to award 6 GHz spectrum to expand Wi-Fi use

IMDA confirmed it will allocate 500 megahertz of spectrum in the 6 GHz band for Wi-Fi use in Singapore Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said it will allocate more radio frequency spectrum to facilitate advanced Wi-Fi connectivity across Singapore. In a release, the regulator said...

Claro, Movistar secure 5G spectrum in Uruguay

Uruguay confirmed that a block of 5G spectrum had been reserved for state-run telco Antel Uruguayan operators Claro, owned by Mexican telecom group America Movil, and Movistar, owned by Spanish telco Telefonica, secured 5G frequencies in the country’s first auction of 5G spectrum. The operators,...

SK Telecom likely to return 28 GHz spectrum: Report

The Korean government previously said that SK Telecom had to install a total of 15,000 sites for its 28 GHz 5G network by the end of May Korean operator SK Telecom is likely to give up on its efforts to build a 5G network using...

Canada announces new licensing framework for local 5G access

Canada aims to facilitate the provision of local 5G services for specific industries as well as communities in rural parts of the country The government of Canada announced a new licensing policy with the aim of providing easy local access to 5G spectrum for Internet...

Spectrum issues at CCA: Power levels, sharing and scarcity

The future of spectrum is at a crossroads PITTSBURGH, Penn.—Good wireless spectrum is hard to find, and it's getting harder and more complex. There are pressures all the way from the local level to the international one, for leadership in defining new bands that will...

Hong Kong to reassign 4G, 5G spectrum via auction

Hong Kong aims to award 20 megahertz of spectrum in the 850 MHz to 900 MHz band and 90 megahertz in the 2.3 GHz band Hong Kong’s Communications Authority (CA) announced plans to reassign a total of 110 megahertz of 4G and 5G spectrum across...

India plans new 5G spectrum auction for next year: Report

India completed its first 5G spectrum auction last year The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in India is planning to carry out a new spectrum auction of 5G frequencies in January-February next year, a process which could include airwaves above 37 GHz, local newspaper The Economic...

Six CBRS deployment trends, according to SAS data

Data analysis from NTIA looks at CBRS trends from April 2021 to January 2023 Deployments of Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) grew at a steady clip of about 12% per quarter during 2021 and 2022 and are dominated by outdoor sites using General Authorized Access...

Indian conglomerate Adani Group seeks more time to deploy 5G

Adani Group’s head Gautam Adani previously said the group aimed to launch 5G services for enterprises in 2023 Indian conglomerate Adani Group is requesting that the government allow it additional time for the rollout of 5G services, as the company said it had been unable...