US operator Verizon is a leading provider of wireless and fixed communications, technology, information and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses and government entities. It has a global presence, offering data, video and voice services and solutions. It carries most of its traffic on 4G, with 328 million customers… Read more...

Telefónica Group continues to upgrade its 4G and 5G networks and remains a strong proponent of Open RAN. It had 292 million mobile customers at the end of 2022 and operates in European and Latin American countries. It is interested in several potential or upcoming spectrum auctions. Read more...

French network operator and digital services provider Orange describes its purpose as giving everyone "the keys to a responsible digital world". It operates in 26 countries and had 287 million customers (including 242 million mobile customers) at the end of 2022, according to its 2022 universal registration document. Its 4G… Read more...

Headquartered in New Delhi, Bharti Airtel has more than 500 million customers in 17 countries across South Asia and Africa. It is focused on the rapid deployment of its 5G network and has accumulated so much spectrum that it says it will not need to get any more for many… Read more...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted long-awaited changes to spectrum-sharing rules for fixed non-geostationary satellites (NGSO FSS). Read more...

Under pressure from Western sanctions, the Russian telecoms industry may use the 4 GHz band to revive a Soviet-era project.  Read more...

The policy is part of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) initiative to "reorient its spectrum management framework to a holistic consideration of both the transmitter and receiver components of wireless systems". Read more...

Globalstar's multi-year struggle to obtain permission for a terrestrial low power service using mobile satellite spectrum in the 2483.5—2495 MHz band ended in 2017 when the US regulator approved its terrestrial licences. Now it wants to use the band for private 5G networks. Read more...

One of the world’s few commercial open-access networks is set to face competition from 2024. Read more...

The Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom) has an open consultation on the regulator's initial assessment for the allocation of the 1500 MHz and 26 GHz bands for 5G. The regulator says there will be further consultations on the design of the overall framework for allocations. Nkom plans to allocate 26 GHz… Read more...