BROWSING: 700MHz

Spanish operator Orange announced what it claims to be the largest deployment of 5G in the 700 MHz band in Spain. The European carrier said it will offer this technology progressively over the course of 2022 in more than 1,100 towns and cities, 820 of...

Airtel claiming a national "first" with 700 MHz 5G trial Indian operator Bharti Airtel has launched what it claims to be India’s first 5G trial in the 700 MHz spectrum band in partnership with Finnish vendor Nokia, the former said in a release. The 5G trial...

Spanish carrier Telefónica confirmed that it will participate in the auction of the 700 MHz band for 5G, which will be held next week. Joaquín Mata, Director of Operations, Network and IT at Telefónica Spain, said: “Telefónica has a clear commitment to the development of...

German operator Telefónica Deutschland/O2, which is controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, is bundling frequencies using carrier aggregation (CA) technology to raise speeds for customers on its 5G networks. "We are continuously working on the further development of 5G in order to be able to offer...

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...

Broadcast bands cleared for mobile services ahead of 2021 auction U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom announced it has completed the three-year process of clearing spectrum previously used to host broadcast services, ahead of auctioning it to mobile carriers next year. The project to clear the 700 MHz...

  China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, has signed a 5G network sharing agreement with China Broadcasting Network (CBN), giving the market leader access to the TV provider’s 700 MHz spectrum. The companies confirmed that they would jointly fund and deploy...

  Vodafone Spain has activated its 5G network in a total of 21 cities across the country, after having launched the technology in six new cities over the last months, Europa Press reported, citing  the company’s CEO Antonio Coimbra. Coimbra said 5G services are now available...

  Local carriers Telia and Net4Mobility have secured 5G spectrum in the spectrum auction The Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) has announced that local carriers Telia and Net4Mobility have won spectrum in the 700 MHz band for the provision of 5G services. The regulator said that...

700 MHz auction originally set for Q1 next year The Spanish government confirmed that the auction to award spectrum in the 700 MHz band in will take place in the first months of 2020 and not in the first quarter of 2019 as it had...

  The Spanish government had already awarded frequencies in the 3.6 GHz-3.9 GHz range last year   Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed that the government plans to auction spectrum in the 700 MHz band in the first quarter of 2019, Spanish press reported. The 700MHz band is...