Airtel did not acquire 700 MHz spectrum in India’s first 5G spectrum sale in July 2022
Indian telco Bharti Airtel said it won’t buy airwaves in the 700 MHz band in the next 5G spectrum sale, according to local press reports.
The company noted it will...
India aims to award all the unsold frequencies from last year's spectrum auction as well as new airwaves
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has started the process for auctioning the next round of 5G spectrum, sending a reference to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...
The government of Canada said that Telus, Rogers and Bell are among the qualified bidders
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has published the final list of 22 qualified applicants for an upcoming auction through which the government will award 5G licenses in the...
Airtel has already launched 5G services in approximately 5,000 towns and cities across India
Indian operator Bharti Airtel has launched 5G services across all 22 telecom circles in the country, using frequencies in the 26 GHz band.
The telco stated that this deployment adheres to the...
Bharti Airtel said the 5G tests were carried out in West Bengal region
Indian telco Bharti Airtel has successfully tested 5G services and data speeds on both the 26 GHz and 3.3 GHz spectrum bands, local newspaper The Economic Times reported.
The 5G tests were carried...
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Canada auctions midband...
T-Mobile US said it has reached speeds of 3.3 Gbps in recent tests of four-carrier aggregation
T-Mobile US said it has begun rolling out four-carrier aggregation for customers, adding that this technology will boost speeds on its 5G Standalone (SA) network.
The telco said it has...
Brussels had effectively blocked the launch of 5G services in the city due to its strict radiation rules
Belgian operators are set to launch 5G services in the country’s capital city, Brussels, after local authorities eased strict regulations that prevented telcos from offering 5G in...
The GSMA report stated that the region will see a 5G penetration of 11% by 2025
5G is forecast to reach 57% of the total mobile connections in Latin America in 2030, up from a current penetration of around 2%, according to a recent report...
Airtel said it has launched its 5G offering in over 370 sites across the country
Kenyan operator Airtel announced the launch of commercial 5G services in the African nation.
With this launch, Airtel has become the second operator to launch 5G in Kenya, after Safaricom.
Airtel said...
The Korean government said that new operators will be given priority to use spectrum in the 28 GHz band for 5G services
The South Korean government said it aims to provide more incentives to new operators to offer 5G services via spectrum in the 28...
In December 2022, Airtel secured 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band
Airtel Nigeria launched its 5G services in the African nation, according to local press reports.
The 5G offering will be available in Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt in an initial phase, with...
The ministry will publish the planned mechanism for the 5G auction process in August
Colombia is expected to auction 5G frequencies in December, according to the country’s Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTIC).
The ministry reported that the 5G auction is expected to begin on...
COAI represents the interests of local carriers Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea
The lack of enough 5G frequencies for Indian operators is likely to become a major hurdle for the rollout of 5G technology as well as Wi-Fi services with the emergence of...
Telcel already owns 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band
Mexican mobile operator Telcel, owned by telecommunications group America Movil, is considering whether to participate in the upcoming auction process through which the Mexican government expects to award 5G frequencies, local newspaper El...
Over 20 companies in India had applied to secure 5G spectrum to set private networks in the country
India’s Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has reportedly decided that it will not directly allocate 5G spectrum to enterprises for the deployment of private 5G networks, local newspaper...
The Spanish government said the consultation period on the move will remain open until June 12
Spain’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation has launched a public consultation on potentially extending the length of time that current spectrum license holders have access to radio...
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...
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,...
The Korean government previously said that SK Telecom had to install a total of 15,000 sites for its 28 GHz 5G network by the end of May
Korean operator SK Telecom is likely to give up on its efforts to build a 5G network using...
India completed its first 5G spectrum auction last year
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in India is planning to carry out a new spectrum auction of 5G frequencies in January-February next year, a process which could include airwaves above 37 GHz, local newspaper The Economic...
COAI recommended that the most optimal allocation for India in the 6 GHz band is to identify the entire 5,925-7,125 MHz frequency range
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has urged the local government to allocate additional spectrum in bands like 6 GHz to...
The new campus network solution will allow companies to use their own 5G industrial frequencies in the 3.7 to 3.8 GHz range exclusively
German carrier Deutsche Telekom announced a new campus network solution for business customers, the company said in a release. With the new...
Ofcom said it expects to receive responses to the consultation to award mmWave spectrum by May 22
U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has confirmed that it will make millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum across the 26 GHz and 40 GHz bands available for new mobile technologies, including...
