by Richard Haas
With work still continuing on the assignment of the 26 GHz band, Ofcom's focus turns to improving local licencing regimes while looking ahead to future spectrum management issues, such as terahertz and the increasing popularity of low-earth orbit satellites. Read more...
by Richard Handford
India continues to debate whether maximising financial returns or prioritising the wider economic benefits is the best course for spectrum policy. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
América Movíl provides telecommunications services in 25 countries in the Americas, the Caribbean and Central and Eastern Europe. It continues to build out its networks and, on 22 February 2022, announced the launch of of 5G services in 18 Mexican cities, soon after being granted authority to use 3.5 GHz… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Vodafone operates fixed and mobile networks in 21 countries and two geographic regions -- "Europe and the rest of the world." It bills itself as the largest mobile and fixed operator in Europe and the continent's biggest and fastest-growing 5G network. It serves over 300 million mobile phone customers. It… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
MTN bills itself as Africa's largest mobile operator, with over 277 million customers in 19 markets across Africa and the Middle East. Its focus is on bridging the financial and digital divide, and in ensuring the resilience of its networks. It is rolling out 4G and 5G services across its… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Telefónica Group continues to upgrade its 4G and 5G networks and to press for Open RAN development. It has decided to focus its resources and investment on its four main mobile network operators -- in Spain, Germany, the UK and Brazil. It has nearly 278 million mobile customers as of… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
Deutsche Telekom has shifted from its goal of being the "leading European telco" to being the "leading Digital telc0." Following its merger in 2020 with rival Sprint, US subsidiary T-Mobile US last year became the number two mobile operator in the US market, positioned between Verizon and AT&T. Both companies… 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 Toby Youell
France has focused its spectrum policy on supporting rapid and widespread 5G deployments Read more...
by Jaroslaw Adamowski
Germany completed an auction of spectrum for 5G in June 2019, generating more than €6.5 billion, and the country's regulator is currently considering to provide local players with expanded access to the 3.7 - 3.8 GHz band to enhance the technology’s roll-out. Read more...