Etisalat Group is a leading telecoms group in emerging markets. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, it was established over 40 years ago as the country’s first telecoms firm. It had over 170 million subscribers in countries across the Middle East, Asia and Africa as of its 2023 annual report. Read more...

The leading Nordic telecommunications company has been rearranging its Asian assets since its exit from Myanmar in 2022. Read more...

Nations in all regions of the world are progressively assigning 26/28 GHz spectrum for 5G/IMT, particularly in the 26 GHz range, and many are also earmarking high-band spectrum for localised use by private networks. Thirty nations have now assigned 26 or 28 GHz spectrum, with 36 nations in the planning… Read more...

Thirty nations have assigned 26 GHz or 28 GHz spectrum or both, with ten of these nations planning further assignments. The majority of these assignments are in Asia (40%) and Europe (35%), although nations in all regions of the world are now looking to award spectrum in these high-bands. Read more...

Thirty-six countries spanning all regions of the world are in the planning stage for the release of 26 GHz and/or 28 GHz spectrum, up from 28 in 2022. In many cases this activity is part of the release of spectrum across multiple bands and a number of regulators are planning… Read more...

As nations continue to release 26 and 28 GHz spectrum for 5G and localised use, there is wide variance in the approaches taken in terms of spectrum amounts assigned and assignments per operator, the geographic scope of licenses and assignment mechanisms. Read more...

This table shows the ranges which national administrations have released for mobile, or are planning to release. Read more...

Since PolicyTracker’s last publication of its private networks benchmark in 2022, a growing pool of regulators around the world continues to assign spectrum for use by private networks on a localised basis. Many more regulators are also planning to release spectrum for such use in the short term. Read more...

Part one of this update detailed private spectrum policy development at a global level while part two dealt with Asia. This Research Note provides a view of developments in the rest of the world across Europe, the Americas and the Middle East. Read more...

An overview of the national technical criteria and licensing approaches used. Read more...