by Richard Handford
The country’s spectrum strategy revolves around attaining leadership in the next generation of mobile technology, with 6G being no exception. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) awarded IMT frequencies in the 4.9 GHz band to SoftBank in November 2024 through a beauty contest but its next award might be via country’s first spectrum auction. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Shanghai has been selected as the host city of the next World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027. Read more...
by Laura Sear
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 Richard Handford
NTT Docomo is Japan’s largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers. The company also holds more spectrum than its rivals. Read more...
by Catherine Viola
Verizon is the US wireless market leader. Its spectrum strategy is notable for its emphasis on using mmWave spectrum for 5G fixed wireless access. The operator is also a significant user of the CBRS shared-use band. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Nations in Asia, Africa and the Middle East represent thirty-eight percent of global policy developments in the assignment and planned assignment of spectrum for use by private networks. New countries added to the benchmark in the Middle East are Israel, Oman, Qatar and the UAE, while Namibia and Somalia are… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Telesat operates a GEO satellite fleet and plans to launch a LEO fleet in mid-2026, with the launch of commercial services planned in 2027. The LEO Lightspeed program has faced several delays although it now appears to be back on track. Ka-band spectrum is of particular importance to both Telesat’s… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Amazon’s Project Kuiper LEO satellite constellation is authorised to use Ka-band spectrum and the protection and preservation of the 28 GHz band for satellite services is a priority for Amazon. The first two Kuiper prototype satellites launched in October 2023 and Amazon expects to provide services to its first customers… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
While all of the vendors profiled in 2024 recognise the continued importance of both low-band and mmWave spectrum for both 5G and 6G, their clear focus is repurposing existing low mid-band spectrum and the release of new licensed spectrum in frequency ranges above 7 GHz. The greatest disparity in vendor… Read more...