Rakuten Mobile was expected to disrupt Japan's mobile market in the manner of India’s Reliance Jio but has found deploying a 4G network hard going.  Read more...

Japan will be near the forefront of the movement to assign spectrum for use by industry verticals when it makes 28 GHz frequencies available this year.  Read more...

Asian countries are adopting strict rules to prevent interference between Time Division Duplex (TDD)-based 5G networks in the popular 3.5 GHz band.  Read more...

Winners in Hong Kong’s 3.5 GHz auction later this year must pay HK$20,000 ($2,500) for every satellite SMATV system that needs protection from 5G signals.  Read more...

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) plans to announce which millimetre wave (mmWave) bands the country will use for 5G by December 2019, with 26 GHz the obvious candidate.  Read more...

Japan's telecoms ministry has awarded spectrum to the country's three established mobile operators—NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank—along with the recent new entrant Rakuten.  Read more...

There is more backing for 4.8—4.99 GHz in Asia than many people realise. However, it’s not clear if the band’s credentials are strong enough for it to become a 5G mainstay rather than a supporting player.  Read more...

Japan’s forthcoming spectrum award will be the first for 5G decided by a beauty contest rather than an auction. This is not the only thing that makes it unusual.  Read more...

A senior figure at Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo has told a Brussels conference that many of the carrier's partners "have a misunderstanding of 5G”.  Read more...

Big private profits are being generated through the use of a publicly owned asset, according to the country’s chief cabinet secretary. Read more...