by Richard Handford
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...
by Richard Handford
China wants to release more spectrum to sustain its 5G drive. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
A growing number of nations are assigning spectrum for localised use by private networks. This is particularly the case in Europe, followed by Asia-Pacific and to a lesser degree the Americas. This Note provides a regional overview of the status of policy planning related to spectrum earmarked for localised use. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Assignment of spectrum in the 3.3 - 3.8 GHz range dominates private spectrum policy agendas, followed by spectrum in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz ranges. Despite this focus on mid-band and mmWave spectrum, there is wide variance in both spectrum bands and bandwidth amounts allocated for private use across… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. is one of many businesses of Reliance Industries Limited, which bills itself as the largest private sector corporation in India. It is the market leader in mobile communications, with 421 million subscribers as of 31 December 2021. It is a proponent of making all potential IMT/5G… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
US and Mexican operator AT&T provides telecommunications, media and technology services globally. It launched a US nationwide 5G service in July 2020. In January 2022, it began to deploy the 80 MHz of C-band spectrum it won in 2020 in the US, and recently added newly auctioned 3.45 GHz spectrum… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Verizon offers technology and communications services in the US but also operates a global fibre-optic network that provides connectivity to business customers in over 180 countries. The big winner in the 2020 Federal Communications Commission 3.7 GHz auction, the telco launched 5G services in the C-band in January 2022. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
China Mobile is the largest mobile operator in the world. It is actively engaged in 5G-related R&D activities, commercialisation and standards-setting. As of September 2021, it had a total of 956 billion mobile customers, with 816 million on 4G, according to Q3 2021 financial data. Read more...
by Toby Youell
The world’s biggest economy continues to lead in spectrum policy innovation Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Nokia is a strong, long-time advocate of opening the entire 3.5 GHz range of bands, from 3.3 to 4.2 GHz, for 5G use in the US and elsewhere. Nokia is also advocating for the licensing of a swath of mmWave bands in the widest possible contiguous frequency ranges. It also… Read more...