MmWave – Global

MmWave – Global
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MmWave represents 5G at its finest.  High speed, low latency, and lots of bandwidth, however as 5G frequencies increase from low to mid to high, transmission becomes and increasing problem.  Higher frequencies are easily blocked by many things including trees, walls, and even some weather conditions, and the distance broadcast nodes are able to transmit also decreases as the frequency increases, increasing the number of base stations needed for coverage. That said, mmWave is where 5G will eventually go, as businesses and similar commercial users push the technology for higher speeds and more bandwidth.
Globally, mmWave is a mixed bag, with many countries focused on 5G low and mid bands to enable rapid coverage, but countries are beginning to make mmWave frequencies available to carriers, the first step in opening up mmWave to the general public.  While the US has been a leader in mmWave, primarily due to Verizon’s (VZ) early focus on 5G for business customers, some countries have also taken the mmWave initiative seriously and have begun that allocation process.  Based on current Data from GSA, these are the countries that have already allocated all or part of the mmWave 5G spectrum.  If a country is not on the list, they are either in the evaluation stage or have not yet begun planning.
 

• Australia – Ongoing Assignments
• Bhutan – Temporary Assignments
• Chile – Assigned
• Finland – Assigned
• France – Temporary Assignments
• Greece – Ongoing Assignments
• Hong Kong – Assigned
• Italy – Assigned
• Japan – Assigned
• Norway – Assigned
• Puerto Rico – Assigned
• South Korea – Assigned
• Taiwan – Assigned
• Thailand – Assigned
• Uruguay – Assigned
• US – Assigned