MWC GSMA 2026 - 2, 5 March
Thursday, May 30, 2019

Under-utilization of backbone network and spectrum rearrangement mark MTC agenda

Currently, only 10% of the optical fiber network is used, complicating the goal of reaching 60% of localities with more than 100 inhabitants with fixed or mobile Internet access by 202. In the meantime, a real "Mhz by Mhz fight" is being experienced with the operators for the proposals of frequency rearranging.


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