by Richard Handford
The CEO of Rakuten Mobile’s parent company says the loss-making Japanese MNO will benefit from a reassignment from its rivals of 2 x 15 MHz in the country's “platinum band” of 800/900 MHz. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) intends to auction 5G spectrum in the 4.9, 26 and 40 GHz bands, a new departure for a country that usually prefers beauty contests. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The country has considered using auctions to assign spectrum a number of times in the past but this is the first time that mobile operator NTT Docomo has expressed support for the idea. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) aims to make an additional 16 GHz of spectrum available by the end of 2025, with most of this coming from bands above 6 GHz. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
The world’s biggest players in telecoms are attempting to find a common vision for 6G with several key events already taking place this year. Read more...
by Richard Handford
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) award of 2 x 20 MHz to Rakuten Mobile doubled the newcomer’s holdings in the 1.7 GHz band, although the latest allocation is less generous than it first appears. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Spectrum auctions and an independent regulatory authority for the telecoms and media industries are under public discussion again in Japan, following allegations of an excessively cosy relationship between officials at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and executives from telecoms firm NTT and satellite broadcaster Tohokushinsha. Read more...
by Manuel R. Marti
Lack of demand and uncertainty regarding the business case are prompting regulators in the UK and Ireland and other countries to contemplate an administrative assignment for the release of the 26 GHz band. Read more...
by Richard Handford
Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s new Prime Minister, is unhappy about the prices charged by mobile operators NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank and said the government should consider increasing the fees they pay to use spectrum. Read more...
by Richard Handford
South Korea wants to assign a further 320 MHz in the 3.5 GHz band for 5G, following its initial award of 280 MHz in the band in 2018. Read more...