This band has been identified in Europe as a pioneer 5G band, and had previously been described as the first global 4G band. Both of these visions may be coming to fruition as regulators steadily award the band for mobile. Read more...

An innovative incentive auction gave mobile operators access to this band in the USA in 2017, but lukewarm interest from operators and opposition from incumbent broadcasters are limiting its adoption elsewhere. Read more...

4G LTE equipment can use the band, but it has not been licensed or deployed in many places. Given its propagation characteristics, some operators are planning wide-area LTE-based machine-to-machine communications, especially for the utilities sector. Read more...