Not everyone is a winner when regulators choose to extend licences rather than hold new auctions.

Australian regulator ACMA is proposing to renew almost all of the 69 spectrum licences due to expire between 2028 and 2032, although mobile operators will have to pay fees running…

Digi Communications is a Romanian mobile operator active in several European countries. It has expanded its market in the last five years by acquiring spectrum at European 5G spectrum auctions.

French network operator and digital services provider Orange says it wants to "lead the future". It continues to operate in 26 countries and had 291 million customers worldwide (253 million…

América Móvil provides wireless, fixed-line, broadband and pay TV services in 22 countries in the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe. At the end of Q1 2025, América Móvil surpassed 400 million…

Vodafone is a pan-European and pan-African fixed and mobile telecoms operator. To reshape its European portfolio, it has divested its operations in Italy and Spain and plans to merge with…

Airtel is Africa’s second-largest mobile operator. In a surprise move, it has started negotiating network sharing agreements with its rival MTN in multiple markets. Through the G6 coalition of mobile…

e& is a telecoms group headquartered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and operating in 38 countries across the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Central/Eastern Europe. Its activities include fixed,…

A new letter argues that a lack of full access to the band would “jeopardise” Europe’s opportunity to play a leading role in 6G deployment.

Despite being the first such contest in the country for five years, there are mixed views on the likely level of demand for the frequencies on offer.

What does this week's big power outage tell us about telecoms?

The European Commission has concluded that more regional and global cooperation between the mobile and aviation sectors is needed to ensure safe coexistence between mobile networks and aircraft radio altimeters.

The Senate has paused approval of a proposed overhaul of Mexico's telecommunications law and spectrum policy.

The global security situation and advances in other countries have spurred the US into efforts to identify services that could complement the positioning, navigation and time (PNT) system.