Many countries are investing heavily in 6G R&D programmes. R&D agendas are seeking to align with the ITU’s IMT-2030 framework and to feed into the ongoing 6G standardisation process. Many 6G R&D initiatives involve multi-year funding for public-private projects involving multiple organisations focused on building 6G platforms and developing 6G… Read more...

Regional and national 6G roadmaps are seeking to align with the ITU’s IMT-2030 (6G) framework and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, along with standards developments as they progress in 3GPP. In 2024, national agendas are moving from concepts and visions to more concrete and directional strategies. While many of… Read more...

Nations in Asia, Africa and the Middle East represent thirty-eight percent of global policy developments in the assignment and planned assignment of spectrum for use by private networks. New countries added to the benchmark in the Middle East are Israel, Oman, Qatar and the UAE, while Namibia and Somalia are… Read more...

The past 12 months has seen the leading economies wrestling with a new policy issue—satellite direct-to-device services—as well as assigning mid-band spectrum and finalising positions on 6 GHz. Read more...

At the end of 2023, India passed its most significant spectrum-related legislation in decades. Read more...

Headquartered in New Delhi, Bharti Airtel (Airtel) serves around 562 million customers in 16 countries across South Asia and Africa, according to its Q1 2024 results. It offers 2G, 3G and 4G services, with a 5G network across India which is rapidly expanding. Read more...

Reliance Jio Infocomm, one of the many businesses of Reliance Industries, is India's largest operator and the second-largest single-country operator in the world, offering services such as connectivity, fibre, mobile devices, apps, and business solutions. Read more...

Vodafone calls itself the largest pan-European and African telecoms company, with 323 million mobile customers according to its FY23 annual report. It operates mobile and fixed networks in 17 countries, with stakes in another five countries through joint ventures and associates. It also partners with 46 countries outside its footprint,… Read more...

During 2023 India provided the stage for a debate on whether to auction satellite spectrum. The country has long been a supporter of auctions for mobile (IMT) spectrum. Read more...

Since PolicyTracker’s last 3.3—4.2 GHz benchmark in August 2021, 34 nations that have assigned or plan to assign spectrum in the range, or both, have not changed their policy status whereas eight nations have progressed from the planning stage to the assignment of spectrum in the range. Read more...