5G roadmap under construction in NZ workshops
20 September, 2017Industry workshops are being held by Radio Spectrum Management in New Zealand, to explore requirements for the 5G network.
Allocation limits changed for spectrum auction
05 September, 2017All telecommunications providers will be able to bid for residual spectrum sold at competitive auction, following changes made by the federal government to existing allocation limits.
Discussion paper released ahead of ACMA spectrum sale
14 August, 2017ACMA will sell spectrum for mobile broadband, LTE and possibly 5G technologies later in 2017.
NI mmWave transceiver system
09 June, 2017The NI mmWave transceiver system enables the full transceiver to transmit and/or receive wide-bandwidth signals of up to 2 GHz of bandwidth in real time, covering spectrum from 27.5 to 29.5 GHz.
Spectrum licence auction applications now open
17 January, 2017An auction of spectrum licences in the 700 MHz band will take place in April 2017, and the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is inviting applications from prospective participants.
Price set for 'digital dividend' spectrum auction
15 December, 2016The reserve price and competition limits for an upcoming auction of 700 MHz digital dividend spectrum has been announced by the federal government.
Top telcos bid big for 1800 MHz band
05 February, 2016Optus, Telstra, TPG and Vodafone have all emerged winners in the auction for 1800 MHz band spectrum, together spending over $500 million in a bid to secure regional licences.
NZ increases available bandwidth for SRDs
02 February, 2016The spectrum available in New Zealand for short range devices (SRDs) has increased by an additional bandwidth of 6 MHz in the 900 MHz ISM band.
Economic benefits of C-band spectrum for mobile broadband
13 November, 2015A new report released by the GSMA shows the economic benefits of additional C-band spectrum for mobile broadband.
Anritsu MA2808A High Performance Waveguide Mixer
02 November, 2015Anritsu has added the MA2808A high-performance waveguide mixer (60 to 90 GHz) to its MS2830A Signal/Spectrum Analyser series.
Anritsu Remote Spectrum Monitor
01 October, 2015Anritsu has introduced the Remote Spectrum Monitor, a platform of modular and scalable products, without a display or keyboard, that automates the method of conducting radio surveillance, interference detection and government spectrum policy enforcement.
Making frequency-hopping radios practical
22 May, 2013 by Larry Hardesty, MITHardware breakthrough could see wireless devices that identify and exploit unused frequencies.
Antenna system monitoring
20 February, 2013The measurement, monitoring and reporting of the performance of wireless network infrastructure has come a long way over past years. Many modern base station repeaters provide integrated measurement capabilities, but the use of combining and/or isolators in the RF path from the base station transmitter output to the antenna isolates the repeaters from most problems that may occur within the combiner and antenna subsystems.
The challenge of the backyard antenna
21 January, 2013 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerBefore the days of separate antenna tuners, Mike Smyth and his mates created their own successful homemade long antenna in the backyard.
IME develops silicon-based integrative antenna technology
06 September, 2012A*STAR’s IME has developed a compact, silicon-based, cavity-backed slot antenna that operates at 135 GHz.
