Assignment of spectrum in the 3.3 - 3.8 GHz range dominates private spectrum policy agendas, followed by spectrum in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz ranges. Despite this focus on mid-band and mmWave spectrum, there is wide variance in both spectrum bands and bandwidth amounts allocated for private use across… Read more...

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...

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...

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...

China Mobile is the largest mobile operator in the world. It is actively engaged in 5G-related R&D activities, commercialisation and standards-setting. As of September 2021, it had a total of 956 billion mobile customers, with 816 million on 4G, according to Q3 2021 financial data. Read more...

France has focused its spectrum policy on supporting rapid and widespread 5G deployments Read more...

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...

Auction procedures have been used in the UK to assign all 5G pioneer bands – with the exception of 26 GHz which remains unassigned– but spectrum sharing and local licensing dominate much of the regulator’s current and future agenda. Read more...