5g auction
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr revealed that the agency is considering auctioning off more C-band spectrum. -
Ofcom has launched a consultation on plans to auction more spectrum for 4G and 5G mobile use, though operators have raised concerns about both the format and timing.
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Ofcom has revealed the UK’s next spectrum auction will take place in 2025, offering mmWave band licences in the 25.1-27.5 GHz and 40.5-43.5 GHz bands.
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The board of Argentina’s telecoms regulator Enacom has given approval for a long-awaited 5G spectrum auction.
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Irish mobile operators will pay more than €140 million each for spectrum bands to boost the roll out of 5G across Ireland.
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Orange will continue its heavy investment in Romania, following the completion of the spectrum auction organised by the country’s regulator ANCOM.
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T-Mobile paid US$303.4 million to secure the majority of the 2.5GHz spectrum on offer in latest 5G auction in the US.
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Reliance Jio has spent around US$11 billion at India’s 5G spectrum auction, paving the way for its 5G rollout.
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Operators in Belgium made bids totalling US$1.26 billion for 5G mobile licences in a spectrum auction carried out by the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT).
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South African telco Cell C is planning to deploy 5G in the country imminently, its chief technology officer Schalk Visser revealed to local press.
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Pakistan’s 5G spectrum auction will be concluded by the end of this year or early next year according to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman Amir Azeem Bajwa.
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Brazil's telecoms regulator Anatel has confirmed the country will conducts its "largest spectrum auction ever" in the coming months.
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Canada has closed its spectrum auction for the 3500 MHz band, raising C$8.9 billion (US$7.2 billion), 80% of which came from its three biggest telcos.
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The Nigerian regulator has started a review of the country’s telecoms licensing process.
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After being delayed by more than a year, Canada's 5G spectrum auction got underway on Tuesday.
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British regulator Ofcom has confirmed the final results in its 5G spectrum auction.
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Australia has concluded the first of two spectrum auctions scheduled for 2021 – a year communications minister Paul Fletcher has called the "year of 5G".
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Bulgaria is to hold a new auction for 5G licenses on 6 April, following a successful challenge in the courts by Vivacom.
