The long-term rights to the 3.5 GHz spectrum band for 5G services will come into effect on July 1, 2023
The government of New Zealand said it has signed contracts with local carriers Spark, 2Degrees and One New Zealand to accelerate the roll-out of 5G...
SK Telecom had been given the right to use the 28 GHz band in 2018 and was required to install a total of 15,000 units of network equipment by May this year
South Korea's ICT ministry canceled a license owned by local carrier SK Telecom...
Uruguay confirmed that a block of 5G spectrum had been reserved for state-run telco Antel
Uruguayan operators Claro, owned by Mexican telecom group America Movil, and Movistar, owned by Spanish telco Telefonica, secured 5G frequencies in the country’s first auction of 5G spectrum.
The operators,...
Indonesia currently has a 5G penetration of 2.5% according to XL Axiata
BANGKOK, THAILAND- Indonesian telco XL Axiata expects a big boost in 5G adoption in Indonesia from 2025, once the government starts to allocate key spectrum bands for 5G services, XL Axiata...
Access to current short-term 3.5 GHz rights expires at the end of October 2022
The government of New Zealand has reached an agreement with the country’s major telecommunications network operators to accelerate the deployment of 5G services across New Zealand and improve rural connectivity, the...
Earlier this month, Bell started to offer its 5G+ offering following the deployment of frequencies in the 3.5 GHz band
Canadian operator Bell announced the commercial availability of its "5G+" service in southern Ontario, the carrier said in a release.
Earlier this month, Bell started to...
In January, Telus had said that its 5G network already reached 70% of the Canadian population
Canadian carrier Telus said it is deploying new 3.5 GHz spectrum on its existing 5G wireless network to provide enhanced capacity, low latency and faster speeds to its customers...
The government of Canada aims to award mmWave frequencies in 2024
The government of Canada has announced the launch of a consultation process to award millimeter Wave (mmWave) spectrum bands with the aim of promoting competition in the local mobile market.
The government said that the...
TIM said that the 5G Standalone network will be activated once the 3.5 GHz spectrum becomes available for local carriers
Brazilian carrier TIM said it has completed the implementation of its 5G Core Standalone (SA) network in the country.
The South American operator noted that its...
France is expected to achieve energy efficiency gains from 5G deployments in the most densely populated areas of the country from 2023, according to a study by local telecom regulator Arcep.
Arcep has published a study evaluating different energy consumption scenarios to assess the impact...
French mobile operator Free Mobile, a subsidiary of Illiad, said its 5G footprint currently covers 77% of the population, up from 52% in May 2021.
Free Mobile said that its 5G network currently reaches 9,100 municipalities across France. It also said the firm had already...
Spanish operator Orange ended September with over 620,000 subscribers in the 5G segment, local newspaper El Espanol reported.
This figure represents 3.8% of the company’s overall mobile base, which currently reaches 16.29 million.
According to the report, the telco aims to continue expanding its 5G network...
Vodafone Germany said that the number of 5G-capable devices on its network has more than doubled in the last six months, with around 1.3 million customers now using a 5G smartphone on the Vodafone network, the carrier said in a release.
The telco said that...
Spanish operator Telefonica has officially announced its decision to award the contracts to deploy its 5G standalone (SA) radio networks across Spain to Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia.
The deployment of Nokia and Ericsson 5G SA networks will be carried out on the 3.5 GHz...
The Canadian government kicked off on June 15 an auction of 5G frequencies, a process that had been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The tender will award licenses to operate spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band. The spectrum auction, initially scheduled for June 2020,...
Taiwan Mobile announced that its 5G coverage has reached 50% of the country's population.
In a release, Taiwan Mobile also said it had already built over 6,000 5G 3.5GHz cell towers by the end of last year, offering 80% 5G coverage in the six special...
Singaporean operator Singtel said it is paving the way for the launch of a 5G standalone (SA) network across the country.
The telco said it has already deployed 5G SA sites across the island in areas such as Orchard Road, the Central Business District, Harbourfront...
France had a total of 22,857 5G authorized sites as of April 1, of which 12,213 were declared technically operational by the local mobile operators, according to the latest information provided by France’s spectrum agency ANFR.
The agency said that all of the 5G sites...
Vodafone Spain has activated its 5G network in a total of 25 cities across the country, the telco said in a release.
The telco said that it has recently launched the technology in Toledo, Castellón de la Plana, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas...
Spanish operator Orange is already offering 5G services in 298 towns and cities in 38 provinces across the country, the telco said in a statement.
According to the telco, 5G coverage already reaches 23% of the Spanish population.
Orange said it expects its 5G network to...
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is expected to ask the country’s telecoms regulator to lower the minimum price for the auction of 5G airwaves, Indian newspaper Mint reported, citing an official with knowledge of the matter.
Local carriers have been insisting that the floor price...
The U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom officially announced that the its 5G spectrum auction will start on March 12.
“The auction will increase the total amount of spectrum available for mobile technology in the UK by nearly a fifth, bringing better and faster services to people...
Private network operator and industrial connectivity specialist Citymesh has expanded its spectrum holding in Belgium to 100MHz of the 3.5 GHz band. It will use the new tranche of spectrum to bolster private 5G capacity in the North Sea, including to support the Belgian...
