Wireless Field Guide — newsDaily wireless news briefs in plain English, with sources.https://www.wirelessfieldguide.com/en-gbOptus and Nokia run a 25 MHz downlink with a 20 MHz uplink in 900 MHz 5Ghttps://www.wirelessfieldguide.com/news/2026-11-11-optus-nokia-asymmetric-900-mhz-5g/https://www.wirelessfieldguide.com/news/2026-11-11-optus-nokia-asymmetric-900-mhz-5g/A live-network test of asymmetric channel bandwidth in band n8 raised download speeds by up to 91% outdoors and 51% indoors, according to Optus, using a commercial phone with a new MediaTek chipset.Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT5g-nrantennas-and-propagationnokiaRakuten and AST SpaceMobile form a government-funded direct-to-device venture for Japanhttps://www.wirelessfieldguide.com/news/2026-11-09-rakuten-ast-direct-to-device-japan/https://www.wirelessfieldguide.com/news/2026-11-09-rakuten-ast-direct-to-device-japan/Rakuten AST will deploy mid-band satellites for service to ordinary smartphones in Japan by the end of March 2029, backed by up to 148 billion yen from the MIC J-LEO project.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTsatellite-and-ntnspectrum-security-and-regulationVerizon says its 7 GHz 6G field test shows a building-penetration gap against 3.5 GHzhttps://www.wirelessfieldguide.com/news/2026-11-09-verizon-7-ghz-6g-field-test-indoor/https://www.wirelessfieldguide.com/news/2026-11-09-verizon-7-ghz-6g-field-test-indoor/The Verizon and Ericsson pre-standard call used a 400 MHz carrier at 7 GHz. Verizon's CTO said indoor results were "not super encouraging" and that more antenna elements and EIRP would be needed.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT6g-and-researchantennas-and-propagationericssonUS FutureG Office funds 11 teams to build sensing-and-communications prototypeshttps://www.wirelessfieldguide.com/news/2026-11-06-futureg-rapid-isac-awards/https://www.wirelessfieldguide.com/news/2026-11-06-futureg-rapid-isac-awards/The RAPID programme puts more than $50 million into integrated sensing and communications prototypes over 24 months, with operators, RAN vendors and universities on the teams.Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT6g-and-researchofdm-and-multicarrierericssonnokiaETSI report sets out how computing could be built into 6G sensing networkshttps://www.wirelessfieldguide.com/news/2026-11-05-etsi-gr-isc-005-computing-for-isac/https://www.wirelessfieldguide.com/news/2026-11-05-etsi-gr-isc-005-computing-for-isac/ETSI GR ISC 005, from the ISAC Industry Specification Group, names five key issues and six candidate solutions for processing sensing data inside a 6G network, three of them about over-the-air computation.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT6g-and-researchsynchronisation-and-estimationBluetooth SIG adopts High Data Throughput, a 7.5 Mbit/s coherent PHY for Bluetooth LEhttps://www.wirelessfieldguide.com/news/2026-11-04-bluetooth-hdt-adopted-core-7-0/https://www.wirelessfieldguide.com/news/2026-11-04-bluetooth-hdt-adopted-core-7-0/Bluetooth HDT, an optional part of Core 7.0, adds a π/4 QPSK, 8PSK and 16QAM physical layer with convolutional coding. Only the 2 to 4 Mbit/s modes are mandatory.Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTshort-range-ble-uwbmodulationnordic