An estimated 45% of the U.S. commercial fleet has been cleared for low-visibility landings at some airports where 5G C-Band will be deployed, says the FAA
Days after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued more than 1,400 warnings to pilots about the possibility that on-board...
Belgian regulator BIPT has opened the call for participation in a mobile spectrum auction planned for June this year.
The spectrum auction will provide the first 5G licenses and redistribute key 2G and 3G bands, with a package of spectrum rights also reserved for a...
Baicells Nova 430i will become the first outdoor base station plug-and-play certified with the FreedomFi Gateway
LTE and 5G NR hardware provider Baicells Technologies is working with FreedomFi and CalChip Connect to certify its lineup of cellular base stations with the FreedomFi Gateway.
The gateway utilizes...
Indian telecom operators have submitted comments to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) asking the government to cut the reserve price for 5G spectrum, according to local press reports.
Operators are saying that the reserve price for the 5G spectrum needs to be cut...
In December, AT&T and Verizon agreed to pause their C-Band plans following warnings issued by the FAA that the 5G spectrum could interfere with aviation safety systems
50 U.S. airports have been given 5G buffer zones per an agreement between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and AT&T and...
South Korea's ICT ministry confirmed it will launch an auction next month to award additional 5G network spectrum for the country's major mobile carriers, local news agency Yonhap reported.
Last month, the Korean government had agreed to open bidding for additional 5G frequencies in the...
Carriers now plan to start C-Band operations on Jan. 19
After putting out a firm statement rejecting requests from the Federal Aviation Administration to further delay activation of C-Band spectrum, AT&T and Verizon have abruptly changed course and agreed to a two-week delay.
Reuters...
Spain planning to open up mmWave 5G with 26 GHz band assignments
The Spanish government has kicked off the process to auction more spectrum for 5G mobile services in the country.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation recently published a public consultation on the...
Singapore operator Singtel and Ericsson have reached download speeds of 5.4 Gbps in 5G Standalone (SA) New Radio-Dual Connectivity (NR-DC), by aggregating Singtel's spectrum holdings across mid-band spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band and 28 GHz mmWave frequencies.
In a press release, Ericsson said that...
The difference between 5G and 6G
One key aspect where future 6G technology will differ from 5G is softwarization, as several features will become pure software solutions in the 6G era, Chen Chang, Strategic Business Development Director at National Instruments (NI), told RCR Wireless News.
“5G...
FreedomFi co-founder: 'Dish is working with us to enable the use of GAA CBRS spectrum to pioneer an entirely new way to connect people and things'
Dish is piloting the world’s first community-driven, neutral-host CBRS hotspot network in collaboration with FreedomFi, an open 5G networking...
Wireless Broadband Alliance CEO Tiago Rodrigues: 'Wi-Fi 6E will rewrite the rules of what is possible'
In April 2020, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made 1,200 megahertz of spectrum available in the 6 GHz band for unlicensed Wi-Fi use, a capability referred to as Wi-Fi 6E. Many called...
Verizon now provides 5G phone service to parts of 87 U.S. cities, 5G Home to parts of 65 cities and 5G Business Internet to parts of 62 cities
Verizon says that is has surpassed its goal of deploying 14,000 new 5G Ultra Wideband, or millimeter...
Spectrum research center funded by the National Science Foundation will focus on spectrum research, workforce development
The National Science Foundation, which has funded 5G projects including a set of testbeds across the country through the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program, has established its...
The use of CBRS spectrum in Verizon's LTE network boosts average speeds by as much as 80% in the urban areas where the carrier has deployed those midband airwaves, according to new analysis from Opensignal.
Opensignal looked at average LTE download speeds for the three...
Australian operators Optus and Telstra have secured spectrum in the 850/900 MHz band, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) said in a statement.
ACMA said that all 16 lots available in the spectrum auction were allocated. The allocation raised a total of AUD2.09 billion ($1.4...
Fourth-generation Qualcomm X65 Modem-RF System features mmWave/sub-6 GHz aggregation, supports 3.5 Gbps uplink speed
Editor's note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Tech Summit.
KONA, HAWAII--Qualcomm was an early proponent of millimeter wave (mmWave), doing the engineering work that has...
The government of India expects local operators to launch 5G service in some parts of the country by mid-August 2022, local newspaper Business Standard reported.
According to the report, a source with knowledge of the matter said that a limited 5G launch is possible by...
Airtel claiming a national "first" with 700 MHz 5G trial
Indian operator Bharti Airtel has launched what it claims to be India’s first 5G trial in the 700 MHz spectrum band in partnership with Finnish vendor Nokia, the former said in a release.
The 5G trial...
Singapore regulator IMDA awarded 2.1 GHz spectrum for 5G
Singapore carriers secured additional spectrum for the provision of 5G services after local regulator Infocomm Media Authority (IMDA) awarded spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band.
This spectrum is in addition to the first tranche of 3.5 GHz...
ABI Research forecasts that approximately 90% of 5G cell sites in emerging markets will be operating with support for a combination of sub-6 GHz bands by 2026.
In a release, the consultancy noted that sub-6 GHz bands will provide optimum coverage while catering for sufficient...
A CBRS-based neutral host offers substantial benefits compared to legacy Distributed Antenna System (DAS)-based approaches, says Geoverse
The Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando is getting a pilot, private Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS)-based neutral-host network provided by Geoverse to enhance connectivity across the expansive hotel,...
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) have expanded their parthersnip to further TIP’s Open AFC Software Group and help drive global adoption of Wi-Fi in the new 6 GHz unlicensed band — known today as Wi-Fi 6E, but in...
Auction now shifts to an assignment phase for individual spectrum blocks
The 3.45-3.55 GHz auction of 100 megahertz of midband spectrum has wrapped up its first phase after 151 rounds, raising $21.888 billion in bids and making it the third-highest grossing auction that the agency...
