The hope that the C-Band Alliance might get Congressional support for its 5G/C-band plan failed when US legislators disagreed and determined there was no longer time to further discuss the proposal ahead of Congress having their Christmas break. The failure means that the FCC will now likely determine how the proposed auction revenues are divided […]
Altice Portugal has agreed to start the migration process of the DTT network on February 7th 2020 to the sub-700 MHz band, thus accepting the demand of the National Communications Authority (Anacom). However, the owner of DTT network operator Meo maintains July 24th as the end of the migration period and rejects “any non-compliance” with […]
The past few weeks has seen the share prices of the two main satellite operators – Intelsat and SES – hammered by the market, anxious that an FCC-controlled auction of C-band spectrum is going to mean minimum revenue benefits for the operators. Bloomberg, in a report, says that a “catastrophic” November which led to Intelsat […]
Spanish telco Movistar will drastically reduce the amount of equipment it buys from China’s Huawei for the core of its 5G networks in Europe. The Chief Technology and Information Officer, Enrique Blanco, said the company will rely on several different providers to provide the equipment for the most sensitive part of its 5G infrastructure adding […]
China wants to launch a global competitor to the satellite mega-constellations proposed by OneWeb and Elon Musk’s Starlink system. The Hongyan system now calls for 864 satellites as part of what could be an even-larger national satellite Internet scheme. The satellites are intended to orbit at 1175 kms high and carry in total a potential […]
The FCC held a meeting last week part of the agenda was the planned auction of C-band spectrum over the US and offered up by four satellite operators; Intelsat, SES, Telesat and Eutelsat. Some of the FCC all-important Commissioners have now been quoted favourably supporting prompt action on getting the auction up and running. Commissioner […]
Russian operator MTS hosted a two-way, long-distance holographic video call between its 5G pilot zones in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The laser-based video conference, reported in Mobile Europe, connected viewers at Moscow’s World Trade Centre with visitors to a theatre in St. Petersburg. Speakers on the call included Russian tech experts who discussed 5G’s potential. […]
French transmission regulator ARCEP (l’Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des Postes) has published and submitted to government its thoughts and recommendations on how the 3.4-3.8 GHz spectrum bands can be restructured for 5G. ARCEP says: “The 3.4-3.8 GHz band is the core band for 5G whose deployment promises to make French businesses more […]
Vodafone Spain is speeding up its 5G deployment and plans to extend into five more cities in the country by summer 2020 – coinciding with the first anniversary of its 5G launch, according to El Español. The five cities most likely to see a 5G launch are among these candidates: Murcia, León, Alicante, Córdoba, Granada, […]
LiveU has published its annual State of Live report based on data gathered from its global customer base of thousands of users. The findings reflect the substantial growth in IP news and sports broadcasting with a 50 per cent increase in the number of LiveU units used to stream live events and 250 per cent […]