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More about "900 MHz"
United Kingdom
May 24, 2023
by Richard Haas

Ofcom continues to improve its local licensing regimes and working towards a mmWave auction, while also considering new policy objectives put forth in the recently announced UK Wireless Infrastructure Strategy. Read more...

Lynk
May 23, 2023
by Richard Haas

Lynk is developing a satellite-direct-to-phone service that re-uses terrestrial spectrum to enhance coverage. Despite global regulatory uncertainty about this strategy, the company recently received a commercial licence to launch its service outside of the US. Read more...

United States
May 19, 2023
by Laura Sear

Spectrum policy in the US is in disarray. The FCC is trying to repair its relationship with other government agencies but has lost its authority to conduct auctions. Read more...

Germany
May 18, 2023
by Richard Haas

Germany is still considering how to assign 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2.6 GHz licences which expire in 2025. The country's new fourth operator 1&1 has requested an "industry assignment" instead of an auction, yet some have raised doubts about the new entrant after its failure to hit rollout targets. Read more...

Telenor
Apr 27, 2023
by Dugie Standeford

Telenor Group is a leading telecoms firm in Nordic countries and Asia with 158 million mobile subscribers in 2022. It has set out a comprehensive approach to spectrum and is engaged with 5G issues, stating that 5G business models and use cases aren't yet clear. Read more...

China Mobile
Apr 27, 2023
by Dugie Standeford

China Mobile remains the largest mobile operator in the world, with 975.5 million subscribers in January 2023. This includes 622.5 million 5G package customers, according to its monthly customer data. It continues to be a strong player in mobile cloud computing, 5G-related R&D activities and commercialisation, 5G standard-setting and 6G… Read more...

SoftBank
Apr 27, 2023
by Dugie Standeford

Japanese operator SoftBank is a segment of the SoftBank Group, which describes itself as a "capital provider driving the Information Revolution". It says it has been at the forefront of key technical shifts, from computers to the internet and from broadband to smartphones. Its focus now is on the "next… Read more...

America Móvil 
Apr 27, 2023
by Dugie Standeford

America Móvil provides wireless and fixed communications services in 18 countries in the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe, and had 300 million wireless subscribers as of December 2022 according to its Q4 2022 report. Read more...

MTN Group
Apr 27, 2023
by Dugie Standeford

MTN remains Africa's largest mobile operator, with 285 million customers in 19 markets across Africa and the Middle East, according to its 30 September 2022 trading update. It remains focused on bridging the financial and digital divide and ensuring the resilience of its networks. Its priority is to expand the… Read more...

Vodafone
Apr 27, 2023
by Dugie Standeford

UK-headquartered Vodafone Group aims to "build a digital society that enhances socioeconomic progress, is inclusive for all and does not come at a cost to our planet". It has 323 million mobile customers and operates in 21 countries. It offers broadband, TV, Internet of Things, financial and other services. Its… Read more...