Deutsche Telekom's spectrum focus continues to be 5G, with auction gains in Germany and the U.S., and final approval for US subsidiary T-Mobile's merger with rival Sprint.  5G "will revolutionize digitization," opening the path to the Internet of Things and autonomous driving, but not unless Europe changes its spectrum policy,… Read more...

US and Mexican operator AT&T says it's the first US company to introduce mobile 5G service in parts of several cities. That deployment is scheduled to expand nationwide by 2020 as the company continues to invest heavily in 5G. Current spectrum priorities include the sub- l GHz bands, as well… Read more...

In October 2018, US carrier Verizon's 5G Home Internet became the world's first service offering explicitly branded 5G.  Verizon's spectrum focus is currently on 3.7-4.2 GHz (C-Band), 6 GHz and the upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz and 47 GHz bands. Read more...

Facebook is focused more strongly than ever on freeing up access to spectrum for High Altitude Platform stations (HAPs) in order to provide connectivity to the poor, rural and underserved areas of the world. It's also pushing the US regulator to make the 6 GHz band more accessible. Read more...

Nokia supports a wide range of low, mid (particularly 3.5 GHz) and high-band spectrum for 5G and is advocating for the release of a swath of mmWave bands in the widest possible contiguous frequency ranges. After 26 GHz and 28 GHz, Nokia regards 37-43.5 GHz as the next promising band… Read more...