by Richard Haas
While most regional groups support more spectrum for High Altitude IMT Base Stations (HIBS), the type of allocation it will receive is still uncertain. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The country has considered using auctions to assign spectrum a number of times in the past but this is the first time that mobile operator NTT Docomo has expressed support for the idea. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) aims to make an additional 16 GHz of spectrum available by the end of 2025, with most of this coming from bands above 6 GHz. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) award of 2 x 20 MHz to Rakuten Mobile doubled the newcomer’s holdings in the 1.7 GHz band, although the latest allocation is less generous than it first appears. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Spectrum auctions and an independent regulatory authority for the telecoms and media industries are under public discussion again in Japan, following allegations of an excessively cosy relationship between officials at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and executives from telecoms firm NTT and satellite broadcaster Tohokushinsha. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s new Prime Minister, is unhappy about the prices charged by mobile operators NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank and said the government should consider increasing the fees they pay to use spectrum. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The possibility of acquiring their own localised 5G spectrum is attracting the attention of well-known Japanese companies, although not solely from the sector one might expect. Read more...
by Toby Youell
Japanese mobile giant SoftBank and fledgling US satellite company Lynk are looking to use terrestrial mobile spectrum for stratospheric and satellite services respectively. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Rakuten Mobile was expected to disrupt Japan's mobile market in the manner of India’s Reliance Jio but has found deploying a 4G network hard going. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Japan's telecoms ministry has awarded spectrum to the country's three established mobile operators—NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank—along with the recent new entrant Rakuten. Read more...