by Dianne Northfield
Facebook is interested in a broad range of spectrum resources across mid-band and mmWave frequency ranges. It considers that making spectrum accessible to a wide range of use cases will require it to be made available through a balance of unlicensed, lightly licensed, and licensed spectrum allocation regimes. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Google has broad interests in spectrum resources across a range of bands that are predominantly unlicensed. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Microsoft sees significant opportunities for the use of license-exempt, lightly licensed, and shared spectrum as part of the 5G ecosystem. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Are the network economics of traditional 5G networks unsustainable? 5G operators are spending billions of dollars building out networks with increasing operational complexities also adding to costs. At the same time ARPU is languishing. Can Open RAN solve the problem? Read more...
by Richard Handford
The defining theme of South Korea’s policy making, at least from the perspective of the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), the body in charge of spectrum management, is to establish consensus. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Indian operators balked at the high reserve prices for the 700 MHz band, but the telecoms sector may get future opportunities to access the 700 MHz, 3.3 - 3.6 GHz, and unlicensed access to the 6 GHz band. Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Telecom Italia and Vodafone launched 5G services in June 2019, followed by Wind Tre in April 2020 and Iliad in December 2020. Fastweb provides 5G services through a network sharing agreement with Wind Tre. TIM and Vodafone also have a passive network sharing agreement for 5G including all antenna sites… Read more...
by Dianne Northfield
Telia, Tele2, Telenor and Three (3) all launched commercial 5G networks in Sweden in 2020. After several delays, Sweden’s regulator, PTS, awarded 5G spectrum in the 3.5 GHz and 2.3 GHz bands via auction in January 2021. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
The big news for 2020 and 2021 was the global Covid-19 pandemic. It brought challenges for mobile operators as people increasingly relied on mobile and broadband networks to work, study and stay in touch. Read more...
by Dugie Standeford
América Móvil provides telecommunications services in 25 countries in the Americas, Caribbean and Central and Europe. It is building out its networks and preparing them for 5G, which it hopes to launch in some countries in 2021. Read more...