The Russian armed forces are using the 3.5 GHz frequency for its radars in Kaliningrad and the signal seeps into parts of Lithuanian territory, affecting the frequency needed to ensure effective coverage in more densely populated areas as Lithuania rolls out its 5G infrastructure
Although Lithuania’s Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) has reached a deal with Russia on removing TV television programmes from the 700 MHz band, Russia refuses to free up the 3.5 GHz band, the
Baltic News Service wire reported.
“We aren’t negotiating with Russia. We’ve raised that issue at the highest possible level in the ITU [International Telecommunication Union] community,” RRT Deputy Director Mindaugas Žilinskas told the parliamentary committee on economics on Monday, adding that Lithuania is planning to raise the frequency issue with the European Postal and Telecommunications Union (EPTU). (Benas Gerdžiūnas | LRT.lt/en)
Lithuania’s 5G development hampered by Russian military infrastructure
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A Russian soldier stands in front of a Nebo-M radar deployed in a forest / AP
Lithuania has ended direct talks with Russia without reaching a deal on radio frequency used by its military, which remains an obstacle to the country’s 5G development.
The Russian armed forces are using the 3.5 GHz frequency for its radars in Kaliningrad and the signal seeps into parts of Lithuanian territory. Vilnius has been calling on Russia to free up the frequency, which is needed to ensure effective coverage in more densely populated areas as Lithuania rolls out its 5G infrastructure.
Lithuania holds no direct talks with Russia on border frequencies – regulator 2021-02-22 BNS/TBT Staff
VILNIUS – Lithuania s Communications Regulatory Authority, or RRT, has ended direct talks with Russia on border frequencies in the 3.5 GHz band as the regulator prepares to announce the first 5G spectrum auctions.
RRT Deputy Director Mindaugas Zilinskas told the parliamentary Committee on Economics on Monday that Lithuania was planning to raise the frequency issue with the European Postal and Telecommunications Union (EPTU). We aren t negotiating with Russia. We ve raised that issue at the highest possible level in the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) community. That is, we ve raised it with the EPTU and it will be presented to the Plenipotentiary Conference in 2022 and moved to the World Radio Conference in 2023, he said.