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Ofcom<\/a> has today announced that they will be imminently releasing more radio spectrum in the licence exempt 57-71GHz bands, which they suggest could be used to help deliver fixed wireless broadband and 5G<\/a> style connections at potentially “fibre-like speeds<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

Connections at these frequencies tend not to travel very far and are easily obstructed, although they’re still useful for things like short distance indoor home networking (e.g. the 802.11ad<\/a> standard already makes use of the 60GHz band to deliver multi-Gigabit WiFi<\/a>) and point-to-point wireless broadband connectivity (Microwave backhaul data capacity etc.).<\/p>\n

The new regulations<\/a> are due to be introduced from 27th November 2018<\/strong> and mean that a continuous block of 14GHz of spectrum will now be available on a licence exempt basis.<\/p>\n

The New Technical and Regulatory Changes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

a) For short range wideband data transmission systems, the regulations:<\/p>\n

* extend the current licence exemption and technical conditions (from 57 – 66 GHz) up to 71 GHz; and<\/p>\n

* introduce new technical conditions to allow licence exempt use of lower power equipment operation in a fixed outdoor installation in the extended 57 – 71 GHz band.<\/p>\n

b) For fixed wireless systems, the regulations:<\/p>\n

* extend the current licence exemption (from 57.1 GHz – 63.9 GHz) up to 70.875 GHz, and by doing so change the current authorisation approach for fixed wireless systems operating in the 64 – 66 GHz band from light licence to licence exempt; and<\/p>\n

* extend the current technical conditions (from 57.1 – 63.9 GHz) up to 70.875 GHz.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The regulator’s Spectrum Group Director, Philip Marnick<\/strong>, said: “By releasing new, licence-exempt airwaves, we\u2019re underlining our commitment to enabling innovation. This spectrum will support new services such as faster data connections for homes and business, and very high-speed connections to support new applications<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

“The spectrum being made available is more than is currently available for the services we all use every day – mobile, radio, TV and satellite<\/a> TV and wifi<\/a> technology, and could play an important part in the development of new services including 5G<\/a>, that will benefit consumers and businesses<\/em>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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