Competitors are still bidding over who wins a single license in Guam
Guam is turning out to be an unexpected gem for the 2.5 GHz auction, with competition for licenses there drawing out the final rounds of the most recent of the U.S. midband...
Auction bids are approaching $420 million
The Federal Communications Commission is speeding up bidding in the ongoing 2.5 GHz auction, nudging it to a quicker conclusion by upping the number of daily bids from four to six.
Six rounds are being held today and another...
Fewer than 200 licenses are still seeing competition
The Federal Communications Commission's auction of 2.5 GHz overlay licenses continues to wend toward its end, with fewer than 200 licenses out of about 8,000 that were still under contention as of Round 52.
Comparatively, about 300...
The government of India recently issued 5G spectrum assignment letters
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has officially allocated spectrum to telecom operators, with the issuance of a spectrum assignment letter for 5G networks.
Meanwhile, the country’s Telecommunications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has requested that telecom service providers...
Results of a NSF study on the FCC order is set to be released on September 9
A bipartisan group of Senators is again pushing for the Federal Communications Commission to reverse its 2020 decision that allows Ligado Networks (formerly LightSquared) to use spectrum previously...
"Now we're going into the long tail" of the auction, says Sasha Javid, Bitpath COO and auction tracker
The 2.5 GHz auction has hit its stride with the move to four rounds of bidding per day. After a first-day total of more than $100 million,...
Viavi is supporting 6G research activities at the Northeastern University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Surrey
Viavi Solutions said it is supporting global academic and industry research into future 6G systems through its new 6G Forward program.
In a release, the...
Through this process, the DoT aims to unlock and sell a total of 5,500 megahertz of spectrum
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has formed an internal group with the aim of developing a plan to include the 37.0-42.5 GHz range as international mobile telecommunications (IMT)...
An appeals court has upheld the Federal Communication Commission's decision to reallocate a portion of the 5.9 GHz band to unlicensed use, including Wi-Fi, rather than continuing to reserve the whole swath of spectrum for intelligent transportation systems.
The decision, released Friday by the...
KDDI, NTT DoCoMo, Rakuten Mobile and Softbank have all deployed mmWave 5G
Right now mmWave 5G deployments are focused on adding capacity to congested network hot zones, places like stadiums, music venues, shopping malls, transit hubs and dense central business or downtown areas. In addition...
Bid total passes $170 million
The Federal Communications Commission has doubled the number of daily bidding rounds in the ongoing auction of 2.5 GHz overlay licenses, moving today from two rounds to four.
The bidding total continues to move up slowly, and as of Round 15,...
The midband spectrum auction moved slowly through its first week
The Federal Communications Commission's 2.5 GHz auction has rounded up just $143 million in gross bids after nine rounds.
The auction raised about $103 million in its first day, with six hours of bidding. IT...
mmWave 5G was the subject of some industry skepticism in its earlier days, particularly around the ability to support mobility use cases and the sheer economics of densification required to provide a workable degree of coverage. mmWave has since been the subject of significant...
Airtel recently secured 19,800 MHz of spectrum in the latest spectrum auction conducted by the Department of Telecom
India’s largest telecom operator, Bharti Airtel, aims to deploy 5G services across the country starting with some initial key cities, the telco said in a release.
The telco...
The rollout of 5G is expected to begin in India in October 2022
The 5G spectrum auction in India, approved earlier this year, has concluded and according to the country’s telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, carriers purchased a total $19 billion worth of spectrum.
As expected, Reliance...
The Federal Communications Commission's auction of 2.5 GHz midband spectrum raised more than $103 million in its first day of bidding.
The auction kicked off with a single, six-hour bidding period. Two two-hour rounds of bidding are scheduled for Monday.
Only 168 of the...
Auction of midband spectrum in rural areas starts with a single, full-day round of bidding
The first, day-long round of bidding on about 8,000 midband spectrum licenses at 2.5 GHz has officially begun.
Bidding began in the Federal Communication Commission's Auction 108 at 10 a.m. Eastern...
Cable co. receives two-year FCC testing permission
Cable company Charter Communications is extending its testing of 5G using a combination of millimeter-wave spectrum and midband airwaves with CBRS as the anchor, according to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission.
The cable company had originally requested...
Orange Belgium, Proximus and Telenet Group have secures spectrum in the 1,400MHz band
The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) concluded the final phase of the radio spectrum auction, which raised 216.5 million euros ($221.2 million) bringing the total amount for the two...
Verizon said the new move allows it to offer 5G home and business internet services to more customers across the country
Verizon says it has started to expand its 5G service with the deployment of 100 megahertz of C-Band spectrum in many markets across the...
LG Uplus secured additional spectrum in the 3.4-3.42 GHz band
Korean carrier LG Uplus secured an additional 20 megahertz of spectrum to use for 5G, according to Korean press reports.
Last week, the Ministry of Science and ICT said it would allocate the 3.4-3.42 GHz frequency...
AT&T, T-Mobile US and Verizon head up a field of 82 qualified bidders for the upcoming auction of 2.5 GHz spectrum, primarily available in rural areas across the U.S. and its territories. The auction will kick off on July 29.
US Cellular is also...
The 4CC data trial combined Optus’ low-band spectrum and 2,100MHz FDD bands with 2,300MHz and 3,500MHz TDD bands
Australian operator Optus has completed what it claims to be the first four component carrier aggregation 5G standalone data call in the country.
To achieve this milestone, Optus...
mmWave-backed fixed wireless access is making gains outside of dense urban areas
Fixed wireless access is emerging as a primary driver of new revenues for mobile operators. It’s how Verizon initially went to market with 5G and has since evolved to a significantly larger geographic...
