5G spectrum
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Two satellite companies, Omnispace and Ligado Networks, are planning to combine their spectrum for direct-to-device voice, text and data services. -
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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As India’s 5G spectrum auction was again delayed, leading Indian telcos Airtel, Jio and Vodafone Idea have opposed plans to offer 5G spectrum to private captive networks, claiming it could provide back door entries to private companies.
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The Indian government is reportedly considering lowering the price for 5G spectrum for its auction that is set to take place later this year.
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Orange chooses 5G SA network partners in Europe
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Forthcoming events
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South Africa’s spectrum auction will begin the public auction of its high frequency digital spectrum within a month, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.
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Orange is putting its €350 million Spanish spectrum investment to use, pioneering what it describes as the "largest 5G network deployment plan on the 700 MHz frequency band in Spain".
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India’s finance minister has confirmed that a 5G airwaves auction will take place in the country later this year.
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The US aviation industry has warned of the "catastrophic" consequences of 5G network deployments using C-Band spectrum.
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Capacity shares the latest 5G spectrum news in the USA and Belgium.
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South African regulator ICASA has hit back at Telkom after it emerged that the operator is seeking a court order to prevent regulator ICASA from holding a spectrum auction in March.
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Capacity shares five key 5G stories to know for January 4, 2022.
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Capacity shares five things key stories from around the world making headlines today.
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Telcos Singtel Optus and Telstra have spent over $2 billion in securing spectrum licenses in Australia.
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Nokia has deployed a private 5G standalone wireless network for Volkswagen at the car maker’s main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany.
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Capacity shares five key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has announced it has allocated more spectrum to local 5G mobile network operators.
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Nokia has stepped into Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), launching a portfolio for CSPs that will be available from early next year.
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National Portuguese regulator ANACOM said that the country’s delayed 5G auction has generated $657.1 million.
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Connections to 5G networks worldwide remain on track to triple this year to 637 million and more than double in 2022 to 1.34 billion according to predictions from CCS Insight.
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Increasing 5G capabilities will bring the annual spending of private cellular networks on hardware and services to almost $12 billion by 2023, a report by Juniper Research has revealed.
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AT&T has entered into a five-year agreement with Ericsson as it moves on plans to provide 5G over C-band spectrum to 70-75 million customers.
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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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South Africa’s telecoms regulator has abandoned its spectrum auction in the face of legal opposition but says it wants to run a new auction by the end of January 2022.
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US chip company Qualcomm has revealed that it is working with Chinese vendor ZTE to achieve 5Gbps speeds on 5G services on millimetre-wave spectrum.
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Rogers comes out top in a survey of Canada’s 5G experience, but Telus users have the best mobile video experience.
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Rogers has expanded its 5G network to Windsor, Quinte West, Strathroy-Caradoc, Parry Sound and Nipissing, all in the province of Ontario.
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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 French regulator wants to know how new 5G networks will interfere with existing fixed satellite service earth stations.
