For mobile operators, the focus remains on deploying 5G in 2020, although AT&T and Verizon are already offering services in selected US cities. In Europe, 5G will be rolled out in 700 MHz and 3.5 GHz, while US and Asian players are using mmWave bands such as 28 GHz and… Read more...

The Dossiers section of our Research Service is a guide to current high-profile policy debates. It provides an overview of each subject, tracing back its roots, examining the different sectoral perspectives and providing Trackers to assess progress. Our current Dossiers are: Spectrum auctions WRC-23 The changing dynamics of the mobile/satellite… Read more...

Mobile operators usually think of the price of spectrum in terms of MHz/POP, but does the promise of 5G make it redundant? Read more...

Deutsche Telekom's spectrum focus continues to be 5G, with auction gains in Germany and the U.S., and final approval for US subsidiary T-Mobile's merger with rival Sprint.  5G "will revolutionize digitization," opening the path to the Internet of Things and autonomous driving, but not unless Europe changes its spectrum policy,… Read more...

This article gives an overview of national spectrum policies in the larger economies as 5G moves from theory to deployment. We focus on the regional differences in 5G bands; increasing use of spectrum sharing initiatives; progress towards spectrum liberalisation in India and Brazil; the emergence of new entrants in Japan… Read more...

Australia historically has adopted an evidence-based approach to spectrum policy with an underlying belief that market-based competition between participants will produce the most favourable outcome, aided by a minimal intervention from regulators. Read more...

Japan has a tradition of close cooperation between industry and government in the mobile industry that, while not fractured, is undergoing some creative tension. Read more...

Germany successful completed an auction of spectrum for 5G in June 2019, raising a total of €6.5 billion in the process. Read more...

France's four main mobile network operators (MNOs) have all started testing 5G in the 3.5 GHz band, and consultations are underway on the 26 GHz band. The government's "new deal" with the MNOs has been hailed as an innovative way to improve 4G coverage. Consolidation remains a strong possibility. Read more...

The Modi government is intent on modernising spectrum policy but its attempts to reduce reserve prices in the upcoming mega-auction are meeting heavy resistance. Read more...