ACMA set to speed up release of 5G-friendly spectrum
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is considering an accelerated release of spectrum in the 26 GHz mmWave (mmW) band.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is considering an accelerated release of spectrum in the 26 GHz mmWave (mmW) band.
The federal government is preparing to sell spectrum in the 1800MHz, 2GHz, 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands that failed to sell at previous auctions.
Optus will complete the switch off of 2G GSM services on 1 August.
The arrival of 5G in Australia will represent “an inflection point not just for the telecoms sector but also for the entire Australian economy,” communications minister Senator Mitch Fifield said this morning.
TPG plans to build a national 4G wireless network to reach 80 per cent of the Australian population by next year, at a cost of almost $2 billion.
TPG has increased its spectrum holdings in Singapore, the telco announced today.
TPG is set to become a Singapore mobile carrier. The Australian telco announced today that it had successfully picked up spectrum in an auction staged by Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA).
TPG could potentially pick up a significant chunk of spectrum in the 700MHz band, boosting its ability to roll out a 4G mobile network, under rules set by the government for an upcoming auction.
TPG says it welcomes a decision by the government to ditch previously mooted plans to sell spectrum in the 700MHz band to Vodafone Hutchison Australia.
The government will hold a new auction for 2x15MHz of spectrum in the 700MHz band that remained unsold after the 2013 Digital Dividend auction.
Vodafone will switch off its 2G GSM network on 30 September 2017, the telco announced this morning.
TPG has confirmed that it is seeking spectrum in an auction being conducted by Singapore’s Infocomm Development Authority (IDA).
Telstra says that some 200 cell sites in north Queensland and South Australia have received a speed boost, with the telco saying they have received up to 50 per cent more 4G capacity.
The government is introducing a new Radiocommunications Act, reviewing pricing and conducting a review of its spectrum holdings in an effort to boost innovative and efficient use of spectrum.
Telstra and Optus between them picked up the majority of regional spectrum on the block in the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s 1800MHz auction.