For students, having reliable internet connectivity is essential to ensure that they can access educational online content, both at school and when they’re at home. However, the pandemic highlighted the breadth of the digital divide and that many school districts across the States suffered...
The 5G spectrum auction is scheduled to start on July 26
India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) confirmed that it had received applications from Adani Data Networks, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel for participation in upcoming 5G auction.
The telecom department also said that...
The U.S. moved comparatively early on making mmWave spectrum available for 5G services with Verizon launching a pre-standard fixed wireless access service in the second half of 2018. Since then, in addition to the completion of the initial 5G New Radio standard by the...
In the context of network capacity as a function of demand, mmWave has a clear role to play
As 5G has gone from R&D and executive talk tracks to lab testing and standardization to field deployment and commercialization and onto further scale, technological enhancement and...
The Government of Canada expects to award spectrum in the 3.8 GHz band to boost 5G services during 2023
The government of Canada has set rules for its auction of 3.8 GHz spectrum, which is expected to happen in 2023. François-Philippe Champagne, minister of innovation,...
Hong Kong operators have secured 700MHz frequencies in a spectrum auction last year
Mobile operators in Hong Kong are set to gradually activate their mobile base stations in the 700 MHz band to provide 5G services, the Hong Kong’s Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA)...
SpaceX says that if 12 GHz spectrum is used for terrestrial 5G networks, it could result in outages for its Starlink space-based internet service as much as three-quarters of the time and render the service "unusable for most Americans."
The company submitted new technical analysis...
New entrants Citymesh Mobile and Network Research Belgium secured 5G frequencies in the process
Belgium’s 5G spectrum auction raised a total of 1.2 billion euros ($1.26 billion) from five bidders, according to the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT).
In a release, BIPT stated...
In January, Telus had said that its 5G network already reached 70% of the Canadian population
Canadian carrier Telus said it is deploying new 3.5 GHz spectrum on its existing 5G wireless network to provide enhanced capacity, low latency and faster speeds to its customers...
Vulnerable aircraft radio altimeters must be retrofitted; Verizon anticipates an 'accelerated and defined schedule'
Verizon, AT&T, aviation industry players and federal regulators say they have come up with a series of steps that will balance continued protection of aircraft radio altimeters from potential interference by...
The government has also decided to allow enterprises to deploy and run 5G private networks
The Government of India announced plans to hold an auction of 5G spectrum by the end of July and confirmed that some frequencies will be reserved to enable enterprises to...
T-Mobile US used the Samsung Galaxy S22 phone powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platform
T-Mobile US said it was able to aggregate three channels of mid-band 5G spectrum, reaching speeds over 3 Gbps on its standalone 5G network. The carrier used the Samsung...
The wireless revolution has arrived, so much so that many forms of popular technologies are now referred to by their “generation” — Wi-Fi 6E, 802.11ax, Next Generation Internet of Things, etc. Work has begun developing standards for 6G, the sixth generation of wireless communications...
Europe's 6G-IA had recently signed a similar agreement with Japan's Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium
China's IMT-2030 (6G) Promotion Group, which promotes 6G R&D and international cooperation, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 6G with the 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA),...
Remote communities stand to benefit from new era in network technology
The digital divide is a serious issue in the U.S., with millions of people still unable to experience the benefits of reliable, high-speed broadband access. As a result, those without an internet connection can...
The government of Canada aims to award mmWave frequencies in 2024
The government of Canada has announced the launch of a consultation process to award millimeter Wave (mmWave) spectrum bands with the aim of promoting competition in the local mobile market.
The government said that the...
Keysight Technologies had previously signed a MoU with Samsung Research to advance research and development of 6G technology
Keysight Technologies has been selected by the Center for Disruptive Photonic Technologies in Singapore for the provision of its software-centric test and measurement solutions to advance as-yet-unstandardized...
The Government of India is expected to award 5G frequencies during June
Indian operators Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are the two only telcos in a position to buy pan-India 5G frequencies in the upcoming spectrum auction, according to a report by Bank of America...
US Cellular expects to activate its mid-band spectrum for customer use by the end of 2023
US Cellular announced new agreements with Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia to boost the carrier's 5G network infrastructure.
US Cellular and Ericsson inked a deal which includes the deployment of...
The Next G Alliance is an initiative to advance North American wireless technology leadership over the next decade with the initial focus on 6G systems
ATIS’ Next G Alliance and Japan’s Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium (B5GPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate...
Ofcom said the proposed changes would allow these telcos to deploy new technologies, including 5G
U.K. telecommunications services regulator Ofcom has proposed an update of some licenses held by mobile operators Vodafone and O2 (Telefonica) with the aim of enabling the deployment of 5G using...
Rakuten Mobile’s FWA will run on both Sub-6 GHz and mmWave spectrum
Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile expects to launch fixed wireless access (FWA) services in Japan in December, the telco’s CEO Tareq Amin said during a call with journalists.
“I’m just waiting for our CPE...
Separately, T-Mobile US will also be doing Wi-Fi 6 testing
T-Mobile US has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to test its recently won 3.45-3.55 GHz spectrum, to get a sense of operational characteristics in dense urban areas prior to deployment.
According to filings...
Ericsson said that the 26GHz mmWave tests took place in the Norwegian cities of Oslo, Trondheim and Lillestrøm
Telia Norway and Ericsson have carried out 5G tests using mmWave spectrum, achieving download speeds of close to 4 Gbps, the vendor said in a release.
The 26...
