Ooredoo provides mobile, fixed, broadband internet and corporate services in markets in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. It claims to be the first operator in the world to launch a 5G network, and is rapidly rolling out the technology in most of its markets. Read more...

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...

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...

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...

South African regulator ICASA has completed its auction of spectrum in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands. Read more...

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...

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...

US and Mexican operator AT&T provides telecommunications, media and technology services globally. It launched a US nationwide 5G service in July 2020. In January 2022, it began to deploy the 80 MHz of C-band spectrum it won in 2020 in the US, and recently added newly auctioned 3.45 GHz spectrum… Read more...

The government and mobile network operators (MNOs) have agreed on a deal but questions remain about how the single wholesale network will work in practice. Read more...

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