
Spectrum licensing: local and private networks
20.04.2025Licensing for local and private networks Photo by ThisIsEngineering from Pexels Different from previous mobile technology generations, the fifth generation (5G) presents opportunities often discussed in terms of the new use cases and applications they enable. This is especially true for 5G usage scenarios for industrial applications, which require high bandwidth and low latency over a small coverage area. In 2023, ITU‑R published a Report on “Applications of the terrestrial component of International Mobile Telecommunications for specific societal, industrial and other usages” (ITU-R 2023) that provides an overall description of the current applications. Some regulators considered offering spectrum to non-traditional…
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