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Vertical industries are growing increasingly interested in the potential efficiency, quality and performance gains that 5G might offer and have many ideas for transformational business propositions based on its improved speed,…

Switzerland has raised CHF380 million ($378 million) from its auction of a wide range of mobile frequencies, including 5G spectrum. 

The US and Switzerland have both kicked off the year with a sale of  5G frequencies, with many more countries set to follow. Sixteen countries are known to have confirmed…

Network operators, wireless services providers, equipment makers, broadcasters, public safety officials and over-the-top players have told the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) what they believe a sustainable national…

Japan’s forthcoming spectrum award will be the first for 5G decided by a beauty contest rather than an auction. This is not the only thing that makes it unusual. 

French regulator Arcep is offering temporary licences in the 26 GHz band to companies willing to create "open-access" trials, available for third parties. 

Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has awarded the 2.3 GHz and 2.6 GHz bands through a public auction. This award increases the total amount of spectrum assigned…

The sale of 700 MHz licences in Sweden raised a total of $311.9 million (SEK2.82 billion)–370 per cent more than the reserve price. 

An increasing number of mobile operators are proposing a pragmatic solution for the lack of investment in 5G and high network rollout costs: sharing networks. 

State-owned Viettel last week became the first of the country’s operators to receive a trial 5G licence and radio frequencies, but its lofty ambitions face spectrum limitations and other obstacles. 

UK regulator Ofcom has proposed new measures to facilitate spectrum sharing in mobile bands, authorising third parties to “exploit” unused awarded spectrum.  

The head of DG Connect, which is part of the European Commission, has branded Europe’s current assignment of 5G spectrum “unacceptable” and urged countries to make more frequencies available. 

In the world’s second auction for the mmWave 5G frequencies, the 28 GHz band achieved more than double the value seen in Korea last year.

A senior figure at Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo has told a Brussels conference that many of the carrier's partners "have a misunderstanding of 5G”. 

There has been a clear push by national regulators across Europe to release 3.5 GHz spectrum. However, mobile deployments in the region’s primary capacity band for 5G could be at…