Canada has announced the results of its latest 5G auction, raising C$8.9 billion (US$7.1 billion) from the sale of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band. But while the country’s innovation minister declared the result to be a success from the point of view of market competition, it’s pretty clear who the big winners really are.
TPG Telecom has been on a 5G spectrum shopping spree of late and has just augmented its stock of 3.6GHz frequencies in six cities through a swap with Dense Air.
Spain has finally auctioned off spectrum in the 700 MHz band, but bidding was lacklustre at best, with the final total only just exceeding the reserve price.
Policymakers are not making enough mid-band spectrum available for 5G and that could cost operators – and ultimately consumers – dear, the GSMA warned this week.
The deployment of millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum for 5G in Europe will bring a huge economic benefit, according to a new report by Analysys Mason.
Progress in Portugal’s controversial 5G spectrum auction has been so slow that the regulator has been forced to change the rules to enable more bidding rounds per day.
The Spanish government has announced it will auction the 700 MHz by mid-July for the deployment of 5G networks in the country, and has improved commercial terms to encourage bids.
Telefónica’s first quarter results were all about flat earnings, cash generation and debt-reduction, which is as good a performance as the Spanish telco could have hoped for.
O2 and Vodafone have entered into a UK agreement to trade spectrum holdings in the 3.4 GHz-3.8 GHz band to create more efficient frequency blocks for 5G rollout.
Australia has allocated the vast majority of the 26 GHz spectrum it has available, raising A$647.6 million (just over US$500 million) in the process.
The US Federal Communications Commission will auction off 100 MHz of spectrum in the 3.45 GHz band in the autumn, with bidding set to begin in early October.
The latest UK spectrum auction has completed its preliminary stage, with EE and O2 UK emerging as the biggest spenders.
FCC commissioner Brendan Carr has outlined a vision for the 5G industry in the US over the coming years that includes sizeable number of new spectrum auctions.
The UK’s mobile network operators are poised to start bidding in the country’s second 5G auction, with the reserve prices for the available frequencies coming it at north of £1 billion.
The first Indian spectrum auction in years ending in two days and brought in loads of cash, but operators once more declined to bid on 700 MHz lots.
The FCC has announced the winning bidders from the recent 3.7 GHz spectrum auction and Verizon is top of the list, accounting for more than half of the eye-watering spend.
Spain has sold off its last two remaining blocks of 3.5 GHz frequencies earmarked for 5G services in an auction that raised next to nothing, compared to many others.
AT&T has entered into a loan agreement worth US$14.7 billion with Bank of America as it seeks to raise money for what looks set to be a hefty bill from the ongoing C-band spectrum auction.
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom waited until the end of the month to announce the 700 MHz auction won’t happen in January after all.
The contentious Swedish 5G auction proceeded as planned and the country’s dominant MNO Telia was the narrow winner.
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