by Richard Haas
Having finally completed its ambitious 5G auction, Brazilian mobile operators focus on achieving the stringent coverage obligations associated with this new swath of spectrum. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The focus of South Korea’s spectrum policy is to support its goal of being the most advanced country in the world for 5G technology and deployment. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
A growing number of regulators are moving to assign or set aside spectrum for private networks. This Research Note provides an overview of the status of spectrum earmarked for localized usage highlighting global and regional trends and setting the stage for more detailed consideration of private spectrum policy approaches that… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
A growing number of nations are assigning spectrum for localised use by private networks. This is particularly the case in Europe, followed by Asia-Pacific and to a lesser degree the Americas. This Note provides a regional overview of the status of policy planning related to spectrum earmarked for localised use. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
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...
by Dugie Standeford
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...
by Dugie Standeford
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...
by Dugie Standeford
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...
by Dugie Standeford
Verizon offers technology and communications services in the US but also operates a global fibre-optic network that provides connectivity to business customers in over 180 countries. The big winner in the 2020 Federal Communications Commission 3.7 GHz auction, the telco launched 5G services in the C-band in January 2022. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
NTT Docomo remains Japan's largest telecommunications company. The operator is heavily involved in 5G, 6G and Open Radio Access Network activities, and is part of a group investigating future high-altitude platform stations. Read more...