by Dugie Standeford
US-only carrier Verizon's "spectrum evolution" involves redeployment of refarmed spectrum, adding unlicensed and shared mid-band spectrum, and enabling mmWave by 2020. It says its spectrum portfolio has more than enough capacity to take it through 4G into 5G. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The French telecoms carrier is focused on 5G, with its immediate priorities to ensure effective, coordinated rollout of 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz spectrum. For its expanding 4G networks, Orange is lobbying on refarming and license renewal issues. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
US and Mexican operator AT&T is investing heavily in expanding its network capacity and in securing the spectrum needed to meet its long-term needs. It is also shifting spectrum used for 2G to its 3G and 4G networks as it moves toward 5G. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Telefonica is focused on building out its LTE network alongside extensive development and testing of 5G technologies. It is one of several key operators pressing the European Union for longer spectrum licence terms and more predictable licensing conditions. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Japan's SoftBank and its US segment Sprint "see tremendous opportunity in mobile 5G, massive machine type communications, and ultra-reliable and low latency communications." Sprint is aiming for commercial 5G rollout in late 2019, SoftBank in 2020. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Deutsche Telekom's new strategy is to become Europe's leading telecoms provider. Its spectrum priorities remain focused on, among other things, spectrum for 5G, longer licence terms in Europe and more flexibility in spectrum use. Its US subsidiary, T-Mobile, won 45 per cent of the 600 MHz spectrum sold in the… Read more...
by Martin Sims
In this frequency range a variety of band plans have emerged around the world. This note examines the differences and explains how they are used. Read more...
by Jonathan Watson
Japan assigns spectrum by beauty contests rather than auctions and has recently released 3.5 GHz. It is heavily invested in 5G and has been working on the technology since 2010. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
India is gradually making more spectrum available, but LTE has not made much progress yet and mobile operators are resentful of the amounts they have had to spend on licences in recent years. Read more...
by PolicyTracker
Deutsche Telekom is focused on rolling out its LTE networks in Europe and the US and has called for more consistency in spectrum licensing and greater harmonisation. It is engaged in developing 5G standards and has emphasised the need to use sub-6 GHz bands Read more...