Spectrum

  The French government has launched a procedure for assigning 5G frequency licenses after it approved specifications proposed by telecoms regulator Arcep as well as the financial conditions for the …

After 17 rounds of bidding, the Federal Communications Commission’s Spectrum Frontiers current auction of millimeter wave spectrum has hit $3 billion in bids. More than 14,100 licenses are up for grabs across …

3GPP including 5G NR-U for 5 GHz and 6 GHz in Rel. 16 With the forthcoming 3GPP Rel. 16, 5G New Radio will be expanded into the unlicensed 5 GHz …

Despite being repeated constantly, the statement is no less correct–spectrum is the lifeblood of cellular innovation. And, as 5G begins its long-term evolutionary path with rollouts around the globe, spectrum …

CBRS waiting for FCC on full commercialization and is on evolutionary path to 5G Around the world, the 3.5 GHz band has been tapped by operators as key mid-range 5G …

Bidding in the Federal Communications Commission’s latest auction of millimeter wave spectrum has reached more than $1.4 billion, after three days and eight rounds. Three more rounds will be held …

While there’s a lot of focus on CBRS at the moment, there are significant spectrum machinations at a federal level that will impact the future of other valuable chunks of …

Ericsson DSS product being testing by Verizon, Swisscom, Telstra As operators look to scale out 5G coverage in tandem with the availability of more and lower-priced handsets in 2020, dynamic …

Editor’s note: This story has been updated. Bidding kicked off Tuesday in the Federal Communications Commission’s largest-ever spectrum auction. The latest Spectrum Frontiers auction of millimeter wave bands has raised …

  Operators in regions such as Europe, Asia and the United States have started the 5G race with commercial launches this year. RCR Wireless News interviewed Ignacio Contreras, director of …

  The Dutch government expects to raise at least 900 million euros ($992 million) from its first auction of 5G frequencies, which will take place next summer. Dutch Secretary of …

Mobile network operators around the world are jumping on the millimeter-wave bandwagon, with networks and devices in early stages of deployment and more in the works, according to a new …

Dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) allows for LTE and 5G NR transmission in the same band at the same time. Ericsson Spectrum Sharing product being tested by Swisscom, Telstra, Verizon.  DSS …

5G seeing a strong take rate in Korea with 4M subs South Korea’s government urged local telecom carriers to expand their 5G networks across the country, Korean press reported. During …

Ericsson is only major infrastructure vendor with a dynamic spectrum sharing product available Ericsson, Qualcomm and Verizon successfully tested dynamic spectrum sharing in over-the-air data call conducted at an Ericsson …

France plans to make 5G spectrum available in 50 megahertz blocks French regulator Arcep has published and submitted to the government the conditions for awarding licences to use frequencies in …

75 megahertz of 5.9 GHz spectrum are in play  This week U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai laid out a plan to reallocate 75 megahertz of the 5.9 GHz …

  The French government is likely to delay the process of awarding 5G spectrum until at least March 2020, three months later than the original date, Reuters reported, citing two …

Pai tells senators that C Band auction will be conducted publicly by the FCC Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai said in a letter to Congress that the C Band …

CBA says it is working on effort to put proposed C Band private auction funds toward a rural 5G network In its continued push to lead a private auction of …

As the Federal Communications Commission considers whether, and how, to utilize spectrum at 6 GHz for unlicensed use, a group of tech and Wi-Fi companies that includes Facebook, Apple, Microsoft …

  German operators Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica Deutschland, and Vodafone have signed a letter of intent to jointly deploy mobile communications networks across the country, with the aim of expanding coverage …

What is dynamic spectrum sharing and how is it progressing? Dynamic spectrum sharing is increasingly being seen as a key feature in ramping up 5G New Radio roll-outs, by allowing …

Satellite operators have sweetened the pot, offering to voluntarily clear an additional 100 megahertz of C-Band spectrum, as the Federal Communications Commission continues to mull the band’s future. In a …

  Swiss telecommunications firm Sunrise said its 5G technology now covers 309 towns and cities across Switzerland. The telco said that its current 5G coverage nearly doubles the coverage of …