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SBA Communications: Spectrum Availability, AI Demand, and 6G Research Are Extending the Wireless Infrastructure Investment Supercycle

SBA Communications CEO Brendan Cavanagh says emerging technologies including AI-driven network demands, new spectrum deployments, and early 6G development are poised to sustain a prolonged wireless infrastructure investment cycle. Despite…

T-Mobile Raises Guidance and Maps Out Ambitious AI-Powered Network Future as Mid-Term Strategy Takes Shape

T-Mobile surpassed Wall Street expectations and lifted its full-year guidance while unveiling a bold mid-term roadmap anchored in AI-driven network efficiency, edge computing expansion, and aggressive spectrum acquisition. The Un-carrier…

Why 6G’s Biggest Revenue Driver Won’t Be Speed — It’s Sensing and Physical AI

The 6G business case is shifting away from raw gigabit connectivity toward intelligent sensing, physical AI, and outcome-based monetization. Industry leaders argue that operators who master spectrum-driven sensing capabilities will…

Why 6G’s ISAC Ambitions Are Breaking Statistical Channel Models — And What Comes Next

As 6G networks prepare to fuse sensing and communications into a single radio framework, the wireless industry's long-reliance on generalized statistical channel models is hitting a fundamental wall. Site-specific, physics-based…

Defense Panel Prioritizes Radar-Based ISAC for Drone Detection Over Waiting for 6G Standards

A U.S. defense advisory panel is pushing integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) technology to the forefront of drone detection strategy, arguing that radar-based solutions can be deployed now rather than…

NTN’s Dirty Secret: Why Seamless Connectivity Remains a Device-Level Nightmare

Non-terrestrial networks promise uninterrupted global connectivity, but the handset remains the weakest link in the chain — struggling with roaming protocols, spectrum fragmentation, and 6G readiness gaps. As NTN deployments…

6G Standardization at a Crossroads: Spectrum Battles and AI Integration Threaten Global Cohesion, Analyst Warns

Industry analyst Stéphane Téral cautioned at the 6G Forum 2026 that mounting disagreements over spectrum allocation and artificial intelligence integration could fracture the 6G standardization process before it reaches maturity.…

AT&T Exits Mexico With $2B Sale, Doubles Down on Domestic Strategy as Starlink Looms at Home

AT&T has agreed to sell its Mexican wireless operations for approximately $2 billion, drawing a definitive line under its decade-long Latin American expansion experiment. The move signals a sharp strategic…

6GHz Wi-Fi Hits an Inflection Point: Six-Fold Growth, Higher Power Rules, and AFC Expansion Signal a New Era for Wireless Connectivity

U.S. adoption of 6GHz Wi-Fi is accelerating at a remarkable pace, with Ookla data revealing six-fold growth since 2024 and real-world deployments like Cisco's BottleRock festival network demonstrating the band's…

Massive MU-MIMO in FDD Spectrum Delivers ‘Simply Outstanding’ Uplink Performance in Landmark Independent Testing

Signals Research Group has completed what is believed to be the first independent real-world testing of 5G Massive and Multi-User MIMO in FDD spectrum, yielding breakthrough uplink results that could…

Verizon CTO Flags Uplink Performance, Spectrum Policy, and Standards Fragmentation as Critical 6G Battlegrounds

Verizon's chief technology officer Yago Tenorio has outlined the key technical and industry challenges that must be solved before 6G can achieve successful commercialization, with uplink capacity, spectrum harmonization, and…

ISAC Technology: How Integrated Sensing and Communication Is Reshaping Battlefields, Sportsfields, and Everything Between

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) is emerging as one of the most transformative — and dual-use — technologies in the 5G and 6G pipeline, with applications ranging from military defense…

AT&T and Ericsson Turn 5G Towers Into Drone Detectors Using Network Sensing Technology

AT&T and Ericsson have successfully demonstrated a groundbreaking network sensing capability that transforms existing 5G infrastructure into a drone detection system — no radar required. The technology tracked an unconnected…

German Spectrum Auction Ends

Germany’s mobile spectrum auction ended today netting a total of EUR4.38 billion. This amount is considerably less than analysts had expected.

German Spectrum Auction: Bids Reach EUR4.2 Billion

German mobile spectrum auction bids reached EUR4.2 billion, as bidders continue to raise their offers for blocks in the valuable 800 megahertz band.

German Spectrum Auction: Bids Reach EUR4.2 Billion

German mobile spectrum auction bids reached EUR4.2 billion, as bidders continue to raise their offers for blocks in the valuable 800 megahertz band.

3G spectrum auction ends in India

The DoT said that the 3G auctions ended on Wednesday but the names of the winners have not been announced yet.

New Bids On 800 MHz in German Spectrum Auction

German spectrum auction gained some momentum today with new bids in the 800 megahertz band block according to Wall Street Journal.

Bharti says 3G spectrum not enough

On the 32nd day of the 3G spectrum auction on Monday, a pan-India licence touched Rs 16,164 crore on Monday, against a base price of Rs 3,500 crore, taking the…

India 3G Spectrum Auction reach $3.33 bln

Bids for nationwide 3G mobile spectrum licences in India reached Rs 150 billion ($3.33 billion) on the 29th day of an auction, an indication the government could earn revenue of…

German Spectrum Auction Day 23: Bids Reach EUR3.25 Billion

German mobile spectrum auction bids totaled EUR3.25 billion on day 23. It is up from EUR3.19 billion the day before.

European Commission Reserves 800Mhz Bands for LTE and WiMAX Networks

Cellular News today reported that European Commission has Reserved 800Mhz Bands for LTE and WiMAX Networks.

India 3G Auction Update – bid up by 172%

Bids for an all-India license to offer 3G services reached Rs 9,500-crore mark on the 18th day of  auction.

IPWireless Announces ‘Network-in-a-Box’, a 3GPP Mobile Broadband System for 700MHz, 2.5GHz, and Other Global Spectrum Bands

IPWireless has announced the general availability of ‘Network-in-a-Box, ’ a self-contained modular mobile broadband network product range.

IPWireless Announces ‘Network-in-a-Box’, a 3GPP Mobile Broadband System for 700MHz, 2.5GHz, and Other Global Spectrum Bands

IPWireless has announced the general availability of ‘Network-in-a-Box, ’ a self-contained modular mobile broadband network product range.

German spectrum auction volume reaches €2.41bn

April 30, 2010 – Germany’s mobile spectrum auction gained EUR2.41 billion by the end of day 14.

German spectrum auction volume reaches €2.41bn

April 30, 2010 – Germany’s mobile spectrum auction gained EUR2.41 billion by the end of day 14.

Focus On 800 Mhz Band as German Spectrum Auction Continues

April 27, 2010 – Germany’s mobile spectrum auction gained EUR1.86 billion at the end of its 12th day, with bidders focusing on 800 megahertz band spectrum.

Focus On 800 Mhz Band as German Spectrum Auction Continues

April 27, 2010 – Germany’s mobile spectrum auction gained EUR1.86 billion at the end of its 12th day, with bidders focusing on 800 megahertz band spectrum.

Dutch 2.6GHz auction: Ziggo/UPC & Tele2 top bidders

April 27, 2010 – The joint venture of Ziggo and UPC, the Netherlands’ largest cable operators and Tele2 were the top bidders in the Dutch auction of 2.6GHz spectrum.