End of February greetings from Charlotte/ Davidson/ Lake Norman, where spring is in the air. Featured is our dog Abby, sporting her brand new T-Mobile pet bandana (free through their T-Mobile Tuesdays app). Our household is an easy target for free stuff, and T-Mobile’s...
Brazilian telecommunications services regulator Anatel has approved a set of rules that will pave the way for the government to award spectrum for the provision of 5G services.
The regulator confirmed that mobile operators must not rely on dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) technology, which allows...
Verizon won spectrum worth $45.45 billion in the C Band auction, to build itself a nationwide footprint of midband airwaves for 5G. That sum is nearly double the amount spent by the second-highest bidder, AT&T.
Forty-five billion dollars is as much as the state of...
The Federal Communications Commission is considering an auction of additional midband airwaves as soon as October of this year, for 100 megahertz of spectrum at 3.45-3.55 GHz.
Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has begun circulating a proposal that the FCC will consider at its next meeting...
Chile completed what it claims to be the first tender to assign 5G spectrum in Latin America, the country’s telecommunications regulator Subtel said in a release.
The watchdog said that the government raised $453 million in four rounds (700 MHz, AWS, 3.5 GHz and 26...
The assignment phase of the C Band auction has ended, officially bringing to a close the highest-grossing spectrum auction in FCC history.
The auction kicked off on December 8 with its clock phase, which lasted through January 15 and raised nearly $80.92 billion in gross...
Mexican telecom group America Movil plans to invest about $8 billion this year to boost its network infrastructure and acquire additional 5G spectrum in new markets, the company’s CEO Daniel Hajj said during a conference call with investors.
Hajj said that the telco aims to...
France had a total of 19,938 5G authorized sites as of February 1, of which 9,426 were declared technically operational by the mobile telephone operators, France’s spectrum agency ANFR reported.
The agency said that all these 5G sites have been authorized on existing sites, already...
Sweden concluded a 5G spectrum auction this week
Swedish operator Tele2 upgraded 5G services in over 30 Swedish locations enabling the carrier to provide access speeds of 1 Gbps, the telco said in a release.
Tele2's and Telenor's joint network company Net4Mobility secured important spectrum in...
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) said that it completed a 5G spectrum auction through which it awarded frequencies to the country’s main operators.
In a statement, the regulator said that the total auction proceeds amount to SEK2.31 billion ($270 million).
PTS noted all 320...
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) confirmed its auction for licenses in the 3.5 GHz and 2.3GHz bands started today.
“The licenses are attractive for increasing capacity for mobile broadband services and are expected to be central for 5G development in Sweden,” the regulator...
Perspecta Labs, the applied research arm of government contractor Perspecta, has won a three-year, $6.2 million contract to develop a spectrum access manager to be used at the U.S. Department of Defense's test ranges.
Perspecta Labs will develop a spectrum access manager that "enables DoD...
T-Mobile US announced five-year, multi-billion-dollar agreements with Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia to continue expanding its 5G network nationwide.
Part of the network investment following last year’s merger with Sprint, these new deals will enable T-Mobile US to add 5G coverage, capacity, speed and advanced...
After 71 rounds and nearly $80.7 billion in bids raised, the C Band auction bidding is slowing, with prices settled for most of the licenses and fewer than 25 license products still under contention.
Five rounds of bidding are being held each day.
Ari...
The U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom officially announced the confirmed operators due to take part in the upcoming 5G spectrum auction.
Ofcom said in December that BT Group's EE unit, Hutchison 3G UK, Telefonica UK and Vodafone had qualified to take part in the spectrum auction.
Following...
After 55 rounds of bidding, the Federal Communications Commission's auction of midband satellite spectrum has raised about $78.5 billion in bids.
Prices are slowly settling for most of the licenses on offer, with demand equalling the supply of licenses for 305 of the license...
Spectrum auction covers low- and mid-band frequencies for 5G
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) announced that six companies have applied to participate in the upcoming multi-band spectrum auction.
The carriers that have submitted applications are all existing operators on the market: Cell C,...
Brazilian operator TIM Brasil has announced that its 5G network, which uses Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS), will be available in twelve Brazilian cities by March 2021.
The technology, which is activated on current 4G frequencies, has been launched in Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Rio...
German operator Deutsche Telekom said its technical teams have already upgraded a total of 45,000 antennas for 5G services during 2020, the telco said in a release.
Deutsche Telekom also noted that 5G can now already be used by 55 million people in Germany.
“People in...
Mobile operators in Australia have been accelerating 5G deployments in 2020 and are waiting for additional spectrum that local regulator ACMA plans to award next year to further expand 5G networks. The main cities across the country are already covered by 5G. Here...
After 45 rounds that have raised $69.8 billion in bids from a field of 57 qualified bidders, the C Band auction is taking a break for the holidays. The auction will resume January 4.
The auction's total raised has far exceeded estimates and has...
Australia awarding mmWave spectrum in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands
Australian media and communications regulator ACMA announced that a total of 15 applicant companies have all been offered a license in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands.
The watchdog said that the successful...
Australia, India, Brazil and the U.K. have spectrum auctions planned throughout 2021
As 5G deployments accelerate globally, regulators still need to award key 5G frequencies to allow carriers to provide high-capacity services and, in some cases, provide a broader coverage in certain geographies. Here we...
The Federal Communications Commission is increasing the number of daily rounds in the C Band auction from four to five and cutting the round-duration to just 30 minutes each, angling to push the auction toward conclusion.
After 29 rounds, the auction has now raised...
