{"id":17270,"date":"2023-03-27T06:53:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T10:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=17270"},"modified":"2023-03-27T06:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T10:53:13","slug":"the-importance-of-low-band-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=17270","title":{"rendered":"The importance of low-band spectrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/spectrum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Socio-Economic-Benefits-of-Low-Band-5G-Spectrum.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GSMA-March-2023-116x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-17271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GSMA-March-2023-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GSMA-March-2023-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GSMA-March-2023.png 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a>A very brief post today in order to highlight a new report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GSMA<\/a>, &#8220;Socio-Economic Benefits of 5G: The importance of low-band spectrum&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/spectrum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Socio-Economic-Benefits-of-Low-Band-5G-Spectrum.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pdf<\/a>, 8.9MB].<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/gsma-sets-out-vision-for-world-radiocommunication-conference-2023-to-maximise-benefits-of-scarce-spectrum-for-billions-of-people-worldwide\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">report was released<\/a> last week as GSMA set out its vision for the ITU&#8217;s upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/wrc-23\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC2023)<\/a>, taking place at the end of the year in Dubai. <\/p>\n<p>GSMA says the importance of low-band spectrum is because of the propagation characteristics of such frequencies. Low-band spectrum is particularly well suited for providing coverage in rural and remote areas. In addition such frequencies have better in-building penetration, providing \u2018deep\u2019 indoor coverage as well as capacity in urban areas. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Low-band spectrum is a driver of digital equality, reducing the gap between urban and rural areas and delivering affordable connectivity. Without sufficient low-band spectrum, the digital divide is likely to widen, and those living in rural areas will be excluded from the latest digital technologies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The report has an interesting comparison of indoor 5G signal strength in the largest cities in Australia, Canada and Japan. Look for Figure 12 in the report.<\/p>\n<p>As WRC-23 approaches, we will likely be hearing more about spectrum policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very brief post today in order to highlight a new report from GSMA, &#8220;Socio-Economic Benefits of 5G: The importance of low-band spectrum&#8221; [pdf, 8.9MB]. The report was released last week as GSMA set out its vision for the ITU&#8217;s upcoming World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC2023), taking place at the end of the year in Dubai. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=17270\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The importance of low-band spectrum<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The importance of low-band spectrum &#8226; Telecom Trends<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A very brief post today in order to highlight a new report from GSMA, &quot;Socio-Economic Benefits of 5G: The importance of low-band spectrum&quot; . 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