Finland's Ficora grants 13 licences for 5G tests

News Wireless Finland 24 MEI 2017
Finland's Ficora grants 13 licences for 5G tests

Finnish telecoms regulator Ficora said that it has already granted thirteen radio licences for 5G testing to several different organisations. Licences granted so far have been used for product development, propagation measurements and testing of services, among other things.

In Finland, it is possible to introduce several frequency bands for 5G, it said, adding that the European pioneer band 3.5 GHz is the one most heavily in demand. In the 3400–3800 MHz frequency band, it is possible to use broader bandwidths than currently and to reach connection speeds of several hundred megabits per second. The use of the frequency band for current purposes will finish at the end of 2018. After that, all of these frequencies will be available for 5G networks.

Furthermore, the 26 GHz frequency band (24.0, 25.0–27.5 GHz) has been identified as a pioneer band in Europe where it is possible to use bands up to 1,000 MHz. This frequency band enabling connection speeds of several gigabits per second and short latency has not been widely used in Finland. Therefore, it is very suitable for 5G networks.

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