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announce what kind of frequency bands will be assigned to operators every year based on use cases and verticals
etisalat and du, are offering 5G services in the C-band (3.3GHz-3.8GHz).When the technology is ready from the vendors, he said that telecom
operators will provide the network and TRA will provide a good spectrum.Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Director General of Telecommunications
Regulatory Authority, said that some verticals will get more priority if they have a 5G application and telco operators need to provide the
and RTA have conducted a Leaders Category of the Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Transport which included a series of placement tests
that relate to endurance and authenticity and the ability to drive under traffic conditions simulative to reality such as water sprinklers,
economic costs.(Image credit: Future)400MHz of C-band to be allocated to telcos in 2020Al Awadi said that there are some use cases for 5G
of 2020, he said that TRA will allocate 400MHz of the C-band to the telecom operators and the 5G committee at TRA will be restructured to
focus only on verticals.Al Awadi said that the UAE had issues with satellite operators such as Thuraya and Yahsat in the C-band but has made
taking from them 400MHz and giving them 400MHz spectrum
In the 400MHz, satellite operators have Vsat (very small aperture terminal or air stations (Thuraya and Yahsat).Moreover, he said that the
are not yet ready but the network will be ready
ordinary customers, you [telcos] will not succeed
private network for universities and industries as in Germany, he said that only Germany does it and that is because they have big
