Headquartered in New Delhi, Bharti Airtel has more than 500 million customers in 17 countries across South Asia and Africa. It is focused on the rapid deployment of its 5G network and has accumulated so much spectrum that it says it will not need to get any more for many… Read more...

Upfront payments are criticised as a barrier to infrastructure investment, but what are the pros and cons of taking a staged approach? Read more...

The EU’s eastern flank states have been pursuing their 5G auction plans despite Russia’s inflexible stance on spectrum coordination. However, there are concerns that Moscow could "weaponise" its use of 700 MHz and 3.6 GHz spectrum in the future to hamper its neighbours' 5G rollout. Read more...

There has been significant uptake of B5G (beyond 5G) and 6G R&D initiatives in many countries, along with a growing pool of regional and cross-border collaborations. Many of these initiatives involve diverse stakeholder participation and long-term funding models focused on building broad 6G ecosystems. Read more...

One thing that Open RAN has in common with traditional network deployments is the need for sufficient spectrum. Similarly, delays in the availability of spectrum affect operator plans for both 5G and Open RAN. Policymakers are increasingly supporting the Open RAN movement and many are implementing measures to promote Open… Read more...

Why do operators want to repurpose their spectrum?  What policies and technologies underpin spectrum refarming? Which are the crucial 2G and 3G bands? Read more...

Nokia prioritises harmonized spectrum for 5G and beyond and argues that regulatory decisions on the upper 6 GHz band should be deferred until after WRC-23. It applauds ITU identification of mmWave bands at 26 GHz, 40 GHz and 66 GHz for IMT and the ongoing study of mid bands in… Read more...

Qualcomm views the 700 MHz, 2.6 GHz, 3.5 GHz, 3.8-4.2 GHz and 26 GHz bands as key 5G bands, and sees L-band, 4.8 GHz, 40 GHz, 47.2-48.2 GHz and 66-71 GHz additional bands for the technology. Qualcomm regards 5G and Wi-Fi networks as complementary, requiring both licensed and unlicensed spectrum… Read more...

Ericsson’s spectrum focus remains on attaining more licensed spectrum for the mobile industry without targeting spectrum for a specific application, such as the Internet of Things (IoT). Read more...

Huawei considers that 5G requires multiple layers of spectrum to address wide use cases across sub-1 GHz, mid-bands and mmWave frequency ranges. It supports global harmonization of frequency bands and exclusive national licensing as the preferred authorization model. Huawei also identifies the entire 6 GHz band as potential ‘golden capacity’… Read more...