While trailing other regions of the world, nations in Africa are progressively developing policy frameworks for the assignment of spectrum for use by private networks. PolicyTracker’s updated private networks benchmark now includes eight countries in the region, up from four at the end of 2024. Read more...

As a growing number of nations around the world continue to implement policy frameworks to assign spectrum for use by private networks, there is wide diversity and hence fragmentation in terms of both frequency band and sub-band targets and bandwidth amounts that are assigned and planned in different countries. Read more...

PolicyTracker’s updated 3.3-4.2 GHz benchmark tracks the status of spectrum policies related to this mid-band range across 122 countries and territories that continue to progress assignments for IMT/5G use, along with a growing number of nations that are earmarking spectrum for use on a localised basis. While the assignment of… Read more...

Nations in Africa represent fourteen percent of the nations and territories included in PolicyTracker’s updated 3.3-4.2 GHz benchmark, including seven new nations in the region. In Africa, the amount of spectrum assigned in the 3.5 GHz range is in the order of 200 to 300 MHz, with spectrum assigned per… Read more...

Status of 3.3 - 4.3 GHz assignments in Africa Read more...

PolicyTracker’s 3.3-4.2 GHz benchmark spans 122 nations and territories that have assigned or plan to assign spectrum in the range. Across these assignments, there is a wide range of bandwidths in terms of total MHz amounts assigned, amounts assigned per operator and specific frequency ranges prioritised for assignment. There are… Read more...

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 mobile) by the end of 2024. Read more...

Bharti Airtel is the second-largest mobile operator in India and runs mobile networks in 14 African countries, with an ambitious parent company looking to expand its reach locally and overseas. Read more...

MTN has exited its Middle Eastern markets to focus on Africa, where it is the largest mobile operator. It is negotiating network-sharing agreements with Airtel in multiple markets and wants to accelerate digital inclusion by leveraging satellite direct-to-device (D2D). Read more...

PolicyTracker’s 6 GHz benchmark profiles implemented and planned unlicensed and licensed policies for spectrum in the band in 107 nations across all regions of the world. Sixteen new countries have now been added in the unlicensed category, bringing the total number of countries with unlicensed policies and plans to 100.… Read more...