Canada’s 600 MHz band auction that started on March 12, concluded last week on April 4 with a total amount of 3.47 billion CAD (2.30 billion EUR) spent by Canadian wireless operators to build-up their 5G networks.
News outside of the EU
Verizon’s commercial 5G network went live
Verizon Communications announced downloads speeds of 450Mb/s, with peak speeds of nearly 1Gb/s and latency of less than 30 milliseconds
South Korea wins final sprint for 5G
The three major national operators, SK Telecom, LG UPlus and KT had announced the launch of the 5G service for April 3, 2019
Sprint 5G commercial launch
5G will be available in May 2019 in limited areas of four cities : Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and Kansas City
28 GHz frequencies auction in the USA
The FCC’s auction of residual 28 GHz (27.5-28.35 GHz) frequencies began on November 14th, 2018.
AT&T mobile 5G service launching on the 21st of December
AT&T is the first in the U.S. to launch of a commercial standard-based mobile 5G hotspot device
5G Spectrum in Asia Pacific
Chinese and Australian operators have been allocated 5G spectrum bands to prepare for 5G commercial launch
Commercial 5G Network launch in South-Korea
SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus turned on their 5G networks
NTT DoCoMo pre-commercial launch of 5G services in September 2019
1,800 companies joined DoCoMo’s 5G Open partner program that expects to reach 5,000 partners by 2021
The FCC’s 5G Fast Plan
The FCC announced its 5G Fast Plan regarding spectrum, infrastructure and regulations
