RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@HennaVirkkunen/116646383492093179

Haven't read the #MobileSatelliteServices (#MSS) proposal[1] in full yet, but it (17) reserves the right to 5 MHz of the 30 MHz Up- and Downlink spectra for secure government services. Either that forces usage of what happens to be #5G n256 into a 5 MHz channel configuration, or these 5 MHz are "virtual" and we have to assume the operators have implemented effective (and secure?) network slicing from the get-go.

Interesting!

[1] https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection/document/128951

hm yeah, Chapter II, Art. 4, § 1. is quite explicit on the 5 MHz blockiness.