The Indian regulator is planning a major 5G auction soon, but the country's mobile operators are currently in no hurry to spend big money on more spectrum. Two of the three biggest operators - Vodafone and Idea Cellular - have now completed a merger. Read more...

UK regulator Ofcom and the UK's four mobile network operators are actively preparing for the 5G era. Despite a series of legal challenges, Ofcom has now auctioned the 2.3 and 3.4 GHz bands. The 700 MHz band is due to be auctioned (lawyers permitting) by 2020. Read more...

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...