In 2025, the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority is focused on planning for its two-stage assignment of national licences in the 1800 MHz band. The auction is slated to take place in November 2025. PTS is also seeking feedback regarding demand for spectrum in the 1500 MHz, 26 GHz and… Read more...

In March 2025, Poland’s regulator UKE completed its highly-anticipated auction of the 700 and 800 MHz spectrum, selling a total of seven licences to four mobile network operators (MNOs). The agency’s 5G rollout efforts have been hampered by a lack of spectrum coordination agreements with Russia and prolonged policy talks with… Read more...

América Móvil provides wireless, fixed-line, broadband and pay TV services in 22 countries in the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe. At the end of Q1 2025, América Móvil surpassed 400 million global subscribers, comprising 323 million wireless and 78 million fixed-line subscribers, according to its latest report. Read more...

MTN has exited its Middle Eastern markets to focus on Africa, where it is the largest mobile operator. It is negotiating network-sharing agreements with Airtel in multiple markets and wants to accelerate digital inclusion by leveraging satellite direct-to-device (D2D). Read more...

AT&T provides wireless services in the US and Mexico. Recently the operator has called for radical reform of the US's CBRS sharing framework to free up more mid-band spectrum for exclusive licensing. Read more...

MTN has 295 million customers in 19 markets across Africa and the Middle East, according to its results for the year ended 31 December 2023. It provides voice, data, financial technology, digital, enterprise, wholesale and API services. It continues to focus on its "Ambition 2025" strategic priorities, which include building… Read more...

América Móvil provides wireless, fixed-line, broadband and pay TV services in 22 countries in the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe. It had over 312 million wireless subscribers as of March 2024, according to its Q1 2024 quarterly report. Read more...

NTT Docomo remains Japan's largest telecoms provider. It also offers mobile services in the Philippines and Guam, along with various ICT, enterprise and R&D services globally. It remains heavily engaged in 5G, 6G and Open RAN activities. Read more...

Vodafone calls itself the largest pan-European and African telecoms company, with 323 million mobile customers according to its FY23 annual report. It operates mobile and fixed networks in 17 countries, with stakes in another five countries through joint ventures and associates. It also partners with 46 countries outside its footprint,… Read more...

PolicyTracker’s 2023 country profiles cover Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, the UK and the US. In this overview we analyse their spectrum release plans; approach to 6 GHz; policy on private networks; and plans for 6G. Read more...