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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has opened consultation on whether any competition issues are likely to appear with the upcoming allocation of licences in the millimetre wave 26GHz and 28GHz spectrum band set that will be used for 5G deployments. The 26GHz band, from 25.1GHz to 27.5GHz, is set to be allocated by […] More
Image: Ofcom At the end of last week, the United Kingdom Office of Communications (Ofcom) released a set of testing that looked at electromagnetic energy (EME) levels from around Britain. The location with the highest total radiation level during any of the six-minute tests undertaken was London’s Canary Wharf, which had a total of 1.496% […] More
Open source revolutized technology and networking but it’s done almost nothing in cellular technology. That’s because Boris Renski, co-founder of OpenStack and Kubernetes power Mirantis, explained, “cellular wireless is an oligopoly black box primarily due to historic government regulation.” But, now that the FCC has opened up the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) […] More
New Zealand broadband wholesaler Chorus has noted in its first-half results that it is concerned people are shifting away from its fixed-line services to fixed wireless products offered by the country’s mobile network providers. “The number of disconnections from our fixed-line network slowed markedly in the first six months. However, mobile network operators continue promoting […] More
It’s a scientific fact that communication is more effective when you can see the person you’re talking to. Seeing the other person’s facial expressions, for example, makes it easy to tell a serious request from an offhand remark or a joke. But you don’t have to endure hours of air travel for an effective face-to-face […] More
Cisco has disclosed a critical flaw in its Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem product, a software-license management tool targeted at organizations with sensitive security requirements. Cisco’s Smart Software Manager (SSM) helps organizations manage Cisco software licensing and product-activation keys, but the company has divulged that the SSM On-Prem component has a critical flaw with a […] More
Having absorbed the costs to its retail arm of the existence of the National Broadband Network (NBN), coupled with NBN ending its push to directly sign up business customers and looking at how to use existing dark fibre, Vocus now says the NBN gives it opportunities for growth. In its half-year results announced on Wednesday, […] More
Qualcomm will sample the Qualcomm X60, which has the ability to aggregate spectrum and different 5G technologies, in the first quarter. More
