Spectrum

The role of the Radiocommunication Sector is to ensure the rational, equitable, efficient and economical use of the radio- frequency spectrum by all radiocommunication services.

DySPAN 2025, the premier international conference on spectrum innovation, was held in London from May 12th to 16th at King’s College London.

• The UK universities of Bristol and Cambridge have been collaborating on quantum-safe networking developments
• They have achieved live, quantum-secure transfer of encrypted medical data, secure remote access to a distributed datacentre and the world’s first long-distance quantum secured video call.

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Samsung and South Korean operator KT Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly research and develop tech aimed at improving 6G signal quality.

UK operator group Virgin Media O2 says it will spend £700 million on upgrading and extending its mobile network this year alone.

VMO2 explained it will spend the cash on new masts, small cells and 4G and 5G upgrades, as well as rolling out new spectrum and increasing automation in its networks.

As the Future Network Programmes conclude, UKTIN is working with DSIT to reflect on the government-funded projects, outlining the key outcomes and the lessons learned to help improve future telecoms initiatives. 

Not so long ago, the term used to describe how spectrum was divvied up was “beauty contest.” However, things have moved on since the days of pageantry. 

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Vodafone, Qualcomm and Ericsson say they have successfully demonstrated the benefits of 5G mmWave via two trials in the UK.

The trials used Ericsson’s AIR (antenna-integrated radio) 5322 and Baseband 6651 technology, as well as various devices powered by the Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System.

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USCellular has entered into an agreement with Verizon to sell a portion of its retained spectrum licenses for a cool $1 billion.

DySPAN is the premier international conference on spectrum innovation, typically held in the US. Bringing the event to the UK for 2025 is a triumph. The event will take place 12-16th May 2025 in London, with support from DSIT, Ofcom, UK Spectrum Policy Forum and Digital Catapult, alongside international collaborators. 

The ARI-5G project core focus was on implementing, testing, and demonstrating an open standards-based RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) platform and developing innovative applications for four crucial use cases.

• The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has been looking at the potential use of Terahertz (THz) spectrum bands
• It is recommending that such spectrum should be made available now for ‘experimentation’ 
• The technology needed for THz transmission might be ready for the 6G

Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone have brokered a new network sharing deal that will also see the former acquire spectrum from a merged Vodafone/Three, should that tie-up come to fruition.

Dish Network's Boost Mobile unit has laid claim to becoming the first operator to commercially implement carrier aggregation (CA) on its 5G network.

As expected, India's latest 5G spectrum auction has drawn to a close, raising far less than the government hoped.

Companies increased downlink speeds over 20% by using the latest 1024 QAM technology

Service offers customers dedicated 100G Wave routes across the continent in just five working days

DSIT are pleased to announce the three winners of the Spectrum Sandbox competition. Each Sandbox project will test sharing of spectrum in Ofcom licensed Sandbox environments to indicate how regulation could be improved to maximise the use of this scarce resource and the benefits to the economy.