Monday, February 11, 2019

More 6-GHz Spectrum Proposed for 5G

Across the globe, lots of new spectrum is being released to support 5G services, and, as often is the case, the reallocations pit satellite interests against the mobile industry. In the United States and elsewhere, regulators and industries are looking to repurpose mid-band spectrum in the 4 GHz (formerly used for satellite downlinks) and 6 GHz (formerly used for satellite uplinks) ranges.

Intelsat, one of two primary users of C-band for downlink, has proposed auctioning some of that spectrum. SES, the other major user of U.S. C-band spectrum, has proposed auctioning as much as 200 MHz of C-band spectrum. Mobile interests, not surprisingly, believe as much as 400 MHz should be put up for bid.    

Those moves are part of a much-bigger effort to commercialize lots of spectrum for 5G. In the United States, the FCC is releasing huge amounts of new spectrum in millimeter wave bands, shared spectrum at 3.5 GHz, spectrum aggregation, seven gigahertz of new unlicensed spectrum.

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