The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2.5GHz band auction totaled $416 million on Thursday after 63 rounds. That led to BitPath COO and auction analyst Sasha Javid said that there is an outside chance it could be wrapped up sometime this week.
Starting last week, the auction moved to six rounds, which Javid noted could push the auction across the finish line this week. The auction was previously conducted over four rounds each day. He stated there was a dip in demand in round 60 before the ensuing rounds picked up.
The US regulator’s latest spectrum auction kicked off on 29 July. The auction covers 8,017 county-based overlay licenses in the 2.5GHz band. Analysts predict T-Mobile US will be the big winner in the auction since it already owns or leases large chunks of the Educational Broadband Service (EBS) 2.5GHz spectrum.
Nokia and SURF, the organization for IT in Dutch education and research, have successfully reached a single carrier 800Gb/s optical transmission over SURF’s existing cross-border, multi-vendor research and education network infrastructure.
Nokia and Vodafone are collaborating to test the viability of L4S technology over passive optical networks (PON).
The GSMA believes that critical reform of European laws is necessary to position the region as a technology frontrunner by 2030.
