by Richard Handford
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) award of 2 x 20 MHz to Rakuten Mobile doubled the newcomer’s holdings in the 1.7 GHz band, although the latest allocation is less generous than it first appears. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Spectrum auctions and an independent regulatory authority for the telecoms and media industries are under public discussion again in Japan, following allegations of an excessively cosy relationship between officials at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and executives from telecoms firm NTT and satellite broadcaster Tohokushinsha. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Lack of demand and uncertainty regarding the business case are prompting regulators in the UK and Ireland and other countries to contemplate an administrative assignment for the release of the 26 GHz band. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s new Prime Minister, is unhappy about the prices charged by mobile operators NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank and said the government should consider increasing the fees they pay to use spectrum. Read more...
by Richard Handford
South Korea wants to assign a further 320 MHz in the 3.5 GHz band for 5G, following its initial award of 280 MHz in the band in 2018. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Japanese manufacturer Fujitsu received the country’s first commercial local 5G licence, with others already following. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Even though Japan's NTT Docomo is still several months away from a commercial launch of 5G, it is already forecasting a 6G debut by 2030 on the basis that the generational cycle in mobile technology is approximately 10 years. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Leading Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo and five of the country’s cable TV operators have formed a consortium to build local 5G networks. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The possibility of acquiring their own localised 5G spectrum is attracting the attention of well-known Japanese companies, although not solely from the sector one might expect. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The problem of coexistence with satellite TV may be putting the brakes on the adoption of 3.5 GHz, also known as the C-band, in some Asian countries, but it is still proving the most popular band for 5G across the region. Read more...