Originally licensed in the 1980s for CDMA services, 850 MHz spectrum has progressively been repurposed for use by 4G and 5G, enabling the shutdown of legacy 2G and 3G networks. It is mainly used in the Americas and Asia and uses similar spectrum to the 800 MHz band which is… Read more...

450 MHz was one of the first mobile bands but its use for consumer services has declined. It is now being promoted as an ideal band for industrial use cases such as utilities and governmental services. Read more...

The US has recently adopted a new regulatory framework to allow satellite direct-to-device use of the band. Read more...

There are three provisional agenda items on these bands for WRC-27. Read more...

The predicted mobile data traffic for 2029 in the latest report is 312 exabytes (EB) per month—a drop of 23 per cent from the November 2023 report, which predicted 406 EB per month. Read more...

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Spectrum above 90 GHz is being considered for cellular use, although there are concerns regarding passive satellite users of this range who need to be protected from emissions. Read more...

The 66—71 GHz band was given an IMT identification at WRC-19, but mobile operators have yet to take advantage of this band. Read more...

This spectrum has been auctioned in the US. It was identified for IMT at WRC-19 in several countries, but there are no plans to award the band elsewhere. This band could play a role in 6G in the future. Read more...

So far only the USA has assigned 40 GHz as a mobile band, but other countries are considering it, including the UK, Belgium and Hong Kong. Read more...