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Thinking 5G for Christmas?

22 December 2020

The science about its safety is clear.

The Minister has made a designation notice for the 3.4 GHz spectrum band.

24 December 2020

On Thursday 10 December, the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP made a notice designating parts of...

Consultation on the designation of the 3.4 GHz band

Start/End Date: September 23, 2020 09:00 AEST to October 20, 2020 17:00 AEDT

The Government is consulting on a possible designation of the 3.4 GHz band for allocation by spectrum licences.

Consultation on the design of the Australian 5G Innovation Initiative Round One

Start/End Date: November 13, 2020 09:00 AEDT to December 11, 2020 17:00 AEDT

The Government is seeking feedback on the design of round one of the Australian 5G Innovation Initiative

850/900 MHz Band

The Government has commenced the process to allocate essential spectrum in the 850 and 900 MHz bands to support carriers to deploy more efficient 4G (and later 5G) mobile services across Australia.

Multiband residual lots auction

In 2017, the ACMA auctioned residual lots in the 1800 MHz, 2 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands for mobile broadband services.

Spectrum allocations

Major spectrum allocations allow valuable blocks of spectrum to be allocated, usually via auction, to support the rollout of communications networks.

3.6 GHz Band

In December 2018, 125 MHz of spectrum in the 3.6 GHz band was auctioned for 5G mobile services.

26 GHz Band

The 26 GHz band will provide extremely fast and high capacity 5G broadband services to Australia.

3.4 GHz Band

The Government has designated for spectrum licensing parts of the 3.4 GHz band to enable the conversion of apparatus licences held by NBN Co.

How can we use 5G?

Core capabilities of 5G...

Grant guidelines for the Australian 5G Innovation Initiative are now available

4 February 2021

Applications for the first round of grants under Australian 5G Innovation Initiative are opening soon and the grant guidelines are now available at...

The Australian 5G Innovation Initiative

The Australian 5G Innovation Initiative supports trials of new and exciting 5G technologies, driving productivity and growth across Australia in key industry sectors including agriculture, mining,...

Spectrum reform

This page details the reform of the Radiocommunications Act 1992, and the Spectrum Pricing and Commonwealth Holdings review.

Consultation on the exposure draft of Radiocommunications Legislation Amendment (Reform and Modernisation) Bill

Start/End Date: June 24, 2020 06:00 AEST to July 17, 2020 17:00 AEST

This page outlines the outcomes of the consultation on the exposure draft of the Radiocommunications Legislation Amendment (Reform and Modernisation) Bill.