by Jonathan Watson
China's mobile operators continue to be very active in preparing for 5G and hope to launch services by 2020. China continues to promote TDD technologies and is considering allocating 4.5 GHz for 5G Read more...
by Catherine Viola
Ericsson’s priority is to ensure regulators make sufficient spectrum available for all 5G use cases Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
US and Mexican operator AT&T is investing heavily in 5G and plans to be the first US provider to offer services in the technology. It launched an LTE-M low-power wide-area network in 2017, and in 2019 intends to roll out Voice over LTE for LTE-M. Its current spectrum priorities include… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
French telecoms carrier Orange is "actively preparing for the arrival of 5G" and remains focused on the effective, coordinated rollout of 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz spectrum. It is also interested in the 26/32 GHz bands. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The strategy of the Deutsche Telekom Group strategy is to become Europe's leading telecoms provider. While the FCC considers an agreed merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, Deutsche Telekom's US subsidiary is pushing ahead with the deployment of 5G in 600 MHz and 28 GHz. In Europe Deutsche Telekom is also… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
China Mobile operates only in its home country but has the world's largest 4G network by number of subscribers. Under its "Big Connectivity" strategy, it remains focused on leading the development of the mobile market while continuing its strong participation in global 5G activities. The operator initially favours C-band for… Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
US-only carrier Verizon's 4G LTE network covers 98% of the US population and it expects to launch 5G wireless broadband services in several markets in 2018. Its current focus is on the 3.7-4.2 GHz, 2.5 GHz, 28 GHz, 29 GHz, 31 GHz and 39 GHz bands. It's also pressing for… Read more...
by Chetan Chauhan-Sims
India's population is widely dispersed across the country, where only a small proportion of the population lives in areas with a low population density (less than 25 people per km2). Almost half of the population live in 'built-up' areas which are widely spread around the country but concentrated mostly in… Read more...
by Toby Youell
November 2017 marked the half-way point between WRC-15 and WRC-19, the regular inter-governmental meeting tasked with amending the Radio Regulations. In a series of Research Notes, we take stock of global preparations for the meeting. This Note explains how the process works and we examine the agenda items in detail… Read more...
by Toby Youell
This Research Note looks at agenda items contained in Chapters 1 and 2 of the Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM) Report, principally new spectrum for High Altitude Platforms (HAPS); the identification of frequencies for some transport applications; extending the 5GHz Wi-Fi band; and terrestrial and satellite coexistence around 2 GHz. The… Read more...