The need to expand guardbands reduces the 400 MHz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band available to operators nationwide. The reformulation will take the contest to 2021.

Since Anatel’s (National Telecommunications Agency) proposal for the 5G spectrum tender was known, the sum of pitfalls up to reaching the last report of the regulator's Spectrum and Orbits Committee, seems to have delivered the final blow: The tender could only be carried out in early 2021, although this cannot be assured at this point either.

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Interferences with satellite TV obscures 5G spectrum tender

The need to expand guardbands reduces the 400 MHz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band available to operators nationwide. The reformulation will take the contest to 2021.

MORE ANALYSIS

Direct-to-Device enters commercial phase

Latin American regulators face D2D: initial exploration, NTN and WRC-27 in focus

Airlines buy reliability and passenger experience, not just access to a specific orbit

Open Cosmos promotes shared constellations to expand Earth observation capabilities and reduce costs

Alberto Pérez Cassinelli: Collaboration helps expand operational capabilities and improve economic sustainability.

Ascentio: How a university-born company survived Argentina’s space cycles and expanded globally

Originating at the National University of Río Cuarto in Córdoba province, it managed to build long-term technological capabilities and withstand irregular investment cycles.

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