Accenture and CTIA identified three blocks of lower midband spectrum that they believe to have 'the greatest potential for 5G expansion'
Often called the goldilocks of spectrum, 5G midband spectrum delivers better coverage than high-band and higher speeds than low-band. It is widely accepted that...
Midband spectrum is often referred to as having the right mix of performance capability and coverage for mobile networks, particularly 5G, when compared to low-band or millimeter-wave spectrum. As midband spectrum is being deployed, what impact is it having on network performance?
-T-Mobile US'...
Beyond RF challenges, US midband spectrum has limitations built into service rules
As demand for various wireless services has grown, however, it has gotten harder and harder for federal regulators to come up with bands that can be (relatively) easily repurposed—either the cost or the...
C-band has significantly greater capacity than lower frequency 5G bands
According to a new Opensignal report, recent C-band deployments by AT&T and Verizon are helping the pair catch up to T-Mobile US, which has, on several occasions, emerged as the 5G frontrunner when it comes...
The Federal Communications Commission's auction of 2.5 GHz overlay licenses wrapped up last week after about a month of bidding. Winning bidders have been announced, and as expected, T-Mobile US used the auction as a way to bolster its 2.5 GHz holdings at a...
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...
AT&T posted a quarter of mixed messages: Strong numbers, particularly in net additions, paired with some financial hits due to the inflationary economic environment, and commentary from executives that make it clear that company is treading carefully to avoid losing its momentum.
CEO John Stankey...
Rosenworcel says she will propose a new look at standards for receivers as well as transmitters
The Federal Communications Commission will increase the available midband spectrum in the United States by auctioning 2.5 GHz spectrum this coming July, and follow that up with continued work...
The 3.45 GHz auction action has jumped in the past few days, sending the total value of bids thus far past the $10.5 billion mark after 34 rounds.
Last Thursday, the auction had only raised around $3 billion after 19 rounds. On Friday, the...
After 19 rounds, the Federal Communications Commission's 3.45 GHz midband spectrum auction has raised a little more than $3 billion in bids from the field of 33 qualified bidders.
The auction must meet a reserve price of $14.7 billion. Four rounds of bidding will be...
The 3.45 GHz auction has surpassed one billion dollars in bidding after eight rounds, with bids totaling $1.185 billion.
There's still quite a ways to go before the auction hits its minimum reserve price of $14.7 billion. Three rounds of bidding will be held...
The 3.45 GHz auction of 100 megahertz of midband spectrum raised more than $672 million in its first two rounds of bidding.
The auction reserve price is $14.7 billion. Three additional rounds of bidding are scheduled for today.
Sasha Javid, COO at Bitpath and...
Midband spectrum is widely recognized to be the sweet spot for 5G deployments globally, due to its combination of large amounts of available bandwidth and better propagation characteristics than millimeter-wave. In the past year, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has auctioned the 70 megahertz...
T-Mo serves up the layer cake
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of three stories laying out the national mobile network operators’ plans for midband spectrum. The first, on Verizon's position, can be read here.
T-Mobile US has been building out its 2.5...
What are technical and operational challenges in the midband spectrum for companies operating networks in the United States?
In every spectrum band, there are some sort of challenges that wireless systems have to deal with: Limited channel bandwidth, passive intermodulation, propagation or in-building penetration...
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of three stories laying out the national mobile network operators' plans for midband spectrum.
Verizon has made no secret of where the future of its network lies, and that is closely tied to its new...
As the telecom ecosystem gets deeper into CBRS deployments and eagerly awaits the availability of C-Band spectrum, carriers and vendors are partnering on numerous tests and trials of various aspects of the two bands. In the C-Band, most testing is focused on pre-deployment work...
AT&T has asked the Federal Communications Commission to establish rules around how much midband spectrum that a 5G service provider can hold, saying that such rules "are needed to ensure that every provider has a fair and efficient opportunity to acquire the mid-band spectrum...
Just how much midband spectrum is needed for 5G, anyway? The default telecom answer to this type of spectrum question seems to be, “As much as we can get” – but here’s a look that offers some more specifics.
The GSMA commissioned a report from...
There have been two recent U.S. midband spectrum auctions for spectrum between 3-4 GHz: The shared spectrum of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum and the C-Band auction. How did those fall out in terms of spectrum won?
The CBRS Priority Access License (PAL)...
Ligado Networks said that it has received approvals from the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) on specifications that will allow the deployment of 5G in its L-band spectrum.
Specifically, Ligado said that 3GP approved a new 5G New Radio band n24 and some updates to...
In preparation for the auction of the 100 megahertz of midband spectrum at 3.45-3.55 GHz this fall, the Federal Communications Commission and National Telecommunications and Information Administration have released details on the limited locations in which commercial operators will have to coordinate with federal...
The Federal Communications Commission plans to hold an auction of spectrum at 3.45-3.55 GHz by the end of this year, putting additional midband spectrum in play for 5G services.
Auction 110, set to begin in early October, will offer up to 100 megahertz of...
After 55 rounds of bidding, the Federal Communications Commission's auction of midband satellite spectrum has raised about $78.5 billion in bids.
Prices are slowly settling for most of the licenses on offer, with demand equalling the supply of licenses for 305 of the license...
