by Catherine Viola
5G-A will bring a step-change in 5G network capabilities and performance, but deployments are only just beginning. PolicyTracker’s 5G-A deployment tracker provides details of the global and regional rollout status of this network upgrade and is regularly updated with the latest developments. Read more...
by Catherine Viola
5G-Advanced (5G-A), starting with 3GPP Release 18, is the newest technology upgrade for mobile networks. 5G-A will bring a step-change in 5G network capabilities and performance, but deployments are only just beginning. Read more...
by Catherine Viola
5G-Advanced is an important evolutionary step for 5G mobile networks, and paves the way for 6G. Read more...
by Laura Sear
The idea of pan-European spectrum regulation has been circling for decades, and it has now led to an overhaul of spectrum governance in the European Commission's proposed Digital Networks Act. Read more...
by Laura Sear
The EU’s 5G rollout has been built around the harmonised “pioneer bands”: 700 MHz, 3.4–3.8 GHz, and 26 GHz. Six years after the deadline for member states to hold auctions of this spectrum, the European Commission has concluded that 5G rollout has been inadequate and has launched an overhaul of… Read more...
by Laura Sear
Europe is currently looking at a harmonised approach for the upper 6 GHz band. Read more...
by Laura Sear
Decisions about spectrum use in Europe are made both at the national and EU level. This research note explores the EU spectrum policy framework. Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Fragmented and often delayed 5G spectrum awards across the Balkans have created a widening deployment gap between EU and non‑EU markets in the region. Read more...
by Camilla Mina
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 global subscribers, comprising 323 million wireless and 78 million fixed-line subscribers, according to its latest report. Read more...
by Laura Sear
This year, Digi is using its fibre networks and selective 5G spectrum purchases to expand from its Romanian base into Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy and the UK. Read more...