Top US regulator Michael O'Rielly has said that the US should have a larger role in the leadership of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). Read more...

What motivates OTT players' approach to spectrum? Who is pushing the spectrum sharing agenda? Academics and some regulators for sure, but in industry terms it is the OTT players like Google, Microsoft and Facebook;  Operators are usually lukewarm about sharing. Why? We explain in more detail in this Research Note but in… Read more...

The European Commission's seemingly ill-fated vision for a new Electronic Communications Code could be viewed as a triumph of short-termism; of EU member states being allowed to continue pushing their own narrow interests at the expense of a more connected Europe and of 5G in general (whatever that turns out to be).… Read more...

The OTT players offer services over the internet not access to it, so their priorities in spectrum policy are different to vendors or operators, whose business is the provision of infrastructure.  Read more...

As Facebook continues its drive to "make the world more open and connected," it has urged the FCC to free up more bands, including above 95 GHz, and enable more spectrum sharing. Its internet.org initiative has launched Wi-Fi services in India and Africa, and it is part of the Telecom… Read more...

Google is strongly focused on delivering services in the 3.5 GHz band. It is also a proponent of using spectrum in 70/80 GHz, 24 GHz and above 95 GHz. Read more...

Microsoft remains a strong supporter of unlicensed spectrum, but favours a balanced policy that promotes the availability and efficient use of both licensed and unlicensed spectrum. Its unlicensed spectrum priorities are TV white spaces, millimetre wave, 6 GHz and 5 GHz. Read more...

China Mobile continues to operate the world's largest 4G network by number of subscribers, and now also provides Voice over LTE services in more than 300 cities. Under its "Big Connectivity" strategy it is focused on becoming a leader in the rollout of 5G technologies and standards. Read more...

Also known as the PCS band this is used across the Americas for 2G and 3G and is being gradually being refarmed for LTE. Read more...

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