PolicyTracker’s 2023 country profiles cover Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, the UK and the US. In this overview we analyse their spectrum release plans; approach to 6 GHz; policy on private networks; and plans for 6G. Read more...

Brazilian mobile operators are working to roll out 5G, which has not yet seen wide adoption in the country. Meanwhile, the regulator ANATEL is consulting on various spectrum issues, including freeing up the 450 MHz band for utilities. Read more...

America Móvil provides wireless and fixed communications services in 18 countries in the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe, and had 300 million wireless subscribers as of December 2022 according to its Q4 2022 report. Read more...

Telefónica Group continues to upgrade its 4G and 5G networks and remains a strong proponent of Open RAN. It had 292 million mobile customers at the end of 2022 and operates in European and Latin American countries. It is interested in several potential or upcoming spectrum auctions. Read more...

AFC, or automated frequency coordination, will enable spectrum sharing in the 6 GHz band starting in North America, with the prospect of appearing in other regions as well as other bands. Read more...

Having finally completed its ambitious 5G auction, Brazilian mobile operators focus on achieving the stringent coverage obligations associated with this new swath of spectrum. Read more...

América Movíl provides telecommunications services in 25 countries in the Americas, the Caribbean and Central and Eastern Europe. It continues to build out its networks and, on 22 February 2022, announced the launch of of 5G services in 18 Mexican cities, soon after being granted authority to use 3.5 GHz… Read more...

Telefónica Group continues to upgrade its 4G and 5G networks and to press for Open RAN development. It has decided to focus its resources and investment on its four main mobile network operators -- in Spain, Germany, the UK and Brazil. It has nearly 278 million mobile customers as of… Read more...

Nations worldwide are assigning 26 GHz spectrum, and to a lesser degree 28 GHz, for IMT. This Research Note catalogues the status of 26 and 28 GHz spectrum awards in a representative sample of nations, identifying regional variations and trends. Read more...

As nations move to release 26 and 28 GHz spectrum for 5G there is wide variance in the approaches taken in terms of spectrum amounts assigned and assignments per operator, the geographic scope of licenses and assignment mechanisms. Read more...