Axiata companies are at different stages of implementation and rollout of 5G, the telco has noted. Read more...

Ooredoo is an international communications company with customers across the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. It is the leading operator in Qatar. A highlight of 2022 was the 5G-enabled football World Cup in Qatar. The group had around 56 million fixed and wireless customers at the end of… Read more...

America Móvil provides wireless and fixed communications services in 18 countries in the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe, and had 300 million wireless subscribers as of December 2022 according to its Q4 2022 report. Read more...

UK-headquartered Vodafone Group aims to "build a digital society that enhances socioeconomic progress, is inclusive for all and does not come at a cost to our planet". It has 323 million mobile customers and operates in 21 countries. It offers broadband, TV, Internet of Things, financial and other services. Its… Read more...

Why do operators want to repurpose their spectrum?  What policies and technologies underpin spectrum refarming? Which are the crucial 2G and 3G bands? Read more...

Samsung identifies a range of mid-band spectrum targets as key for 5G/6G deployments – 2.6 GHz, 3.1-4.2 GHz, 4.4-4.5 GHz and a number of frequency ranges between 7-24 GHz. The company also prioritises the release of high-band mmWave spectrum – 26 GHz, 28 GHz and 37-43.5 GHz – for 5G. Read more...

The world’s biggest economy continues to lead in spectrum policy innovation Read more...

With work still continuing on the assignment of the 26 GHz band, Ofcom's focus turns to improving local licencing regimes while looking ahead to future spectrum management issues, such as terahertz and the increasing popularity of low-earth orbit satellites. Read more...

Japan’s policy is to release new spectrum and reorganise existing allocations in anticipation of strong demand in the future from 5G/Beyond 5G, satellite, IoT/Wi-Fi and next generation mobility systems such as V2X. Read more...

China wants to release more spectrum to sustain its 5G drive. Read more...