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26 and 28 GHz Benchmark: key takeaways

Our 26 and 28 GHz Benchmark has been updated to include developments over the past 18 months. The most important findings are given below.

Sep 15, 2023 | PolicyTracker

A growing number of nations have awarded 26 GHz and/or 28 GHz or are planning to do so. Since January 2022 the figure has increased from 46 to 66.
26 GHz is the most widely used band: 27 countries have assigned spectrum in this range compared to nine in the 28 GHz band.
Nations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are assigning 26 GHz spectrum while countries in the the Americas and Asia are awarding 28 GHz or both bands.
Close to half of the awards are in European countries, with assignments in Asian countries representing a third of the total.
About half of the assignments studied are local or regional licences and half are national licences.
Only about half of planned or completed national assignments deliver or are likely to deliver the industry-recommended bandwidth of 800 MHz per operator.
For both bands, there is a large variance across countries both in the amount of spectrum assigned and planned and in the amounts assigned per operator.

Illustration of planned and actual usage in both bands

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