German mobile operators are currently planning to deploy 5G in the 700 MHz band, which was auctioned in June 2015. More auctions of spectrum suitable for 5G are due in 2019. The country's competition authority believes that a fourth mobile operator needs to enter the market to boost competition. Read more...

Just 2% of Spain's land mass is made up of 'intensively built-up' areas, yet it is inhabited by almost half of the population. 'Built up' areas cover a slightly larger 5% of the land mass and house a further 24% of the population. 'Moderately built-up' areas cover a larger 32%… Read more...

Germany's population is more wide spread across its land mass and less concentrated in 'intensively built-up' areas compared to other European cities such as France and the UK; 74% of Germany's land mass is made up of 'moderately built-up' areas which holds 44% of the population. Read more...

Just 7% of Japan's land mass is made up of 'intensively built-up' areas and is inhabited by almost 60% of Japan's 125 million-strong population. Comparatively, over half of the nation's land mass is 'moderately built-up', but is inhabited by 15% of the population.   Read more...

Just 6% of the UK's land mass is made up of 'intensively built-up' areas and is inhabited by 75% of the population. The remaining population live mostly in 'moderately built-up' areas which make up 34% of the land mass, leaving over half of land mass containing very few people. Read more...

Less than 1% of the land mass is inhabited by over 70% of the population. Half of the land mass (over 4 million km2) is 'almost uninhabited' and contains many areas with no households (shown in grey); these areas are inhabited by just 1% of the population. Read more...

Less than 5% of Italy's land mass is made up of 'intensively built-up' areas and is inhabited by over 65% of the population. Additionally, 17% of the land mass, over 50,000 km2, is uninhabited, located mainly in the central and northern regions. Read more...

Canada's population is concentrated near the US border. Less than 1% of the land mass is home to 24 million people, and over 60% is completely uninhabited. Read more...

1% of China's land mass is made up of 'intensively built-up' areas and is home to 36% of the population, almost 500 million people. A larger 11% of the land mass is made up of 'built-up' areas and is inhabited by a further 35% of the population. 20% of the… Read more...

Regarding 5G identification at WRC-19, vendors support 26 GHz but expect bandwidth to be restricted by interference concerns; they also back 40 GHz and 66-76 GHz, while accepting that 32 GHz will not win approval. They are also argue that licensing of 5G spectrum for mobile operators should be prioritised… Read more...