by Barry Manz | Jun 8, 2026 | Feature Article
The 6G community has effectively settled the spectrum question, and the answer is the 7 to 24 GHz range. 3GPP calls it Frequency Range 3 (FR3), while marketing departments have taken to calling it the “golden” band, which says more about the marketing departments than...
by Barry Manz | Jun 8, 2026 | From the Editor
Every new generation of Wi-Fi arrives carrying higher data rates than the last. Wi-Fi 5 hit 1 Gb/s, Wi-Fi 6 pushed into the high single digits, and Wi-Fi 7 now advertises a peak near 46 Gb/s. That’s more than an order of magnitude in a decade. But a data rate is...
by Barry Manz | May 4, 2026 | Feature Article
When the International Telecommunication Union processed the first satellite filings of the spaceage, the assumption was that geostationary orbit would remain the center of gravity forcommercial space. Half a century later, that assumption has not proven accurate, as...
by Barry Manz | Apr 20, 2026 | From the Editor
The Internet of Things spent its early years proving that devices could be connected to networks. That work is largely done. Today, the harder questions involve scale, reliability, and responsibility. IoT systems are no longer isolated experiments or pilot programs;...
