One of the  pioneer 5G bands, 700 MHz spectrum has been widely assigned around the world, with the exception of Africa, and to a lesser degree in the Middle East. A notable pending 700 MHz assignment is found in India and many nations have plans to assign residual spectrum in… Read more...

In 2022, a growing number of nations are allocating 600 MHz for IMT and there is an uptake of planned assignments of this spectrum, notably in the Americas and Asia. This is a significant change since 2021 when only two countries – the US and Canada – had licensed spectrum… Read more...

This Americas-only band is being refarmed from 2G/3G to 4G and 5G; it is better known as the Personal Communication Services (PCS) band. Read more...

A number of European Union Member States have made the L-Band available  for mobile. The US has also allowed portions of it to be used for terrestrial mobile. The band is also known as the 1400 MHz or 1500 MHz. Read more...

The core 3G mobile band in most countries, the 2.1 GHz band can be refarmed to 4G and 5G. Adjacent spectrum has become a battleground between the mobile and satellite companies but there is hope that this was resolved at WRC-19 Read more...

Roughly analogous to the European 2.1 GHz and 1800 MHz mobile bands, the AWS family forms the basis of 3G and 4G services in the Americas. Read more...

1800 MHz is the world’s most popular 4G band, especially in Regions 1 and 3, but it is also emerging as a key 5G band in some European countries. Read more...

For decades one of the most widely used mobile bands, 900 MHz is also likely to be used for 5G in the near future. Its roots are in GSM-based 2G services across Europe, Africa, and Asia. Read more...

450 MHz was one of the first mobile bands but its use for consumer services has declined and it is now being promoted as an ideal band for industrial use cases such as utilities and governmental services. Read more...

There is a large amount of traction in the satellite space with geostationary satellite operators moving into lower orbits and a raft of new and planned low-Earth-orbit constellations envisaging hundreds of thousands of new satellites orbiting the skies. These plans are being orchestrated through both inter-industry tie-ups and new operator… Read more...