Only exclusive licensing of additional mid-band spectrum for full-power use can provide sufficient radio propagation and received-signal strength to deliver the increased cellular data capacity required across entire national networks. Alternatives, including low-power unlicensed, medium-power shared and millimeter wave spectrum that require extensive network...
World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) 2023 concluded just two months ago, but its decisions on next-generation spectrum are already having a big impact on 6G. This month an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) meeting in Geneva hosted spectrum experts seeking to chart 6G’s next steps. Meanwhile...
As conversations around global spectrum use for terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks coalesced at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Dubai, the future of wireless was top-of-mind. As work progresses on future 6G systems, a timeline is emerging for standardization and commercialization—and WRC-23 representatives also considered...
As operators invest in 5G sustainability, energy efficiency as a standalone target isn’t doesn't take into account real-world networks
In both the contexts of driving global demand for energy and facilitating the reduction of consumption and attendant greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), the Information and Communications...
SK Telecom said that it is working to lead the early 6G standardization and technology ecosystem through collaboration with diverse overseas partners
Korean telco SK Telecom has released a 6G white paper that focuses on the key requirements for 6G standardization and the telco's views...
Rosenworcel points to ITU presidency as evidence of importance of the vision of free-market democracies in tech
5G and other advanced technologies can be used to support and promote free markets, democracy and innovation, or exploited for "social control and information operations" by authoritarian governments—so...
Rohde & Schwarz noted that the development of sub-THz communications as envisioned for 6G will only be possible with a solid understanding of the properties of electromagnetic wave propagation
German company Rohde & Schwarz has conducted a channel-sounding measurement campaign with the aim of offering...
Japanese carriers NTT Docomo, KDDI, SoftBank Group and Rakuten Mobile are also part of this 6G initiative
Toyota Motor, NEC and other Japanese companies will join a government-backed group to propose technological requirements for future 6G wireless communications, Nikkei Asia reported.
The technical proposal is expected...
LoRaWAN has been approved as a standard by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies. The standard has been given the title Recommendation ITU-T Y.4480, as a “low power protocol for wide area wireless networks”.
It was...
MFA (MulteFire Alliance) has launched a new ‘network identifier’ scheme to provide enterprises with a unique global public land mobile network (PLMN) ID for their private LTE and 5G networks. The facility allows them to create “unique and distinguishable” private networks, so only authorized...
IoT connectivity company Wirepas is readying a new mesh-based industrial IoT technology in the license-free 1.9 GHz spectrum band to go up against cellular-based private 5G systems. Its new product, called Wirepas Private 5G, is based on the new DECT-2020 NR standard, set to...
The initial commercial deployments of 6G technology are forecast to take place between 2028 and 2029, according to global tech market advisory firm ABI Research.
The research firm also said it expects the first standards for 6G to be ready by 2026.
"X Reality (XR),...
Commissioner Michael O'Rielly mentions "new action" on macro sites in the "very near future"
In testimony before the Senate Commerce committee this week, FCC commissioners Michael O'Rielly and Jessica Rosenworcel laid out their perspectives on the United States' key 5G needs and hinted at possible...
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles that explores the sometimes obtuse process of standardizing, patenting and licensing cellular technologies.
Answers to the questions you always wondered but were afraid to ask
Patents spark joy in the eyes of the innovators! Patents...
Koh appointed to lead US presence at ITU's WRC
Grace Koh will lead the U.S. delegation to the International Telecommunications Union's World Radiocommunication Conference 2019, which will be held this fall in Egypt.
Koh has private sector experience in technology, legal and regulatory policy and recently...
Doreen Bogdan-Martin elected as ITU Director of Telecommunications Development Bureau
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations agency dedicated to information and communications technology standardization, this week elected its leadership at the 20th Plenipotentiary Conference in Dubai. Of note is the election of the...
A previous article in this series discussed government efforts for cybersecurity. This article will give a rundown on some of the major standards development organizations (SDOs) in the area of cybersecurity, with appropriate links. It is impossible to include every organization, but these are...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
It's a bird,...
New ITU focus group to consider tactile and haptic communications
While it's still working toward nailing down 5G performance requirements for a global 5G specification, the IMT-2020 standard, the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is already looking beyond 2020 to 2030. Specifically, the newly...
Google and parent company Alphabet continue to earn the ire of European Union regulators, who are contemplated a second record fine for the company after recently smacking down the company for favoring results from its own shopping service over others.
This week came the news...
The International Telecommunication Union, a global telecom standards body, recommends that all nations allocate 1960 megahertz of radio spectrum by 2020; 35% of that total is needed to support "basic levels of service quality" for 3G and LTE services. Of 18 Latin American countries...
Standards-based 5G networks could begin hitting the market as soon as year-end, with AT&T touting mobile 5G services by end of 2018.
Proponents of an accelerated standards timeline for a non-standalone “5G” specification were successful in getting the Third Generation Partnership Project to...
5G technology is currently being reviewed by ITU member countries.
Korean telecommunications operator KT said its pilot "5G" technology has been adopted as the draft international standard by the International Telecommunication Union.
KT said the networking technology being adopted was introduced last March at...
MVNO set to use O2 and China Unicom network infrastructure.
China Unicom Global launched its CUniq mobile virtual network operator service in the U.K., which is offered with its one card, multiple number service that allows customers to buy a SIM card abroad...
