Almost all countries in the Americas have adopted a plan to use the 3.5 GHz band for 5G, but there are significant differences in the timing for awarding licences and in the amount of spectrum that will be used.
Many countries have already auctioned spectrum to award the band, while others, such as Paraguay, started refarming of the band in order to make more efficient use of the spectrum. Chile reorganised the 3300–3650 MHz band to enable the current licensees to have contiguous spectrum and awarded 50 MHz to Claro in June (3550–3600 MHz).
In August 2024, the Peruvian government established a special mechanism for the direct assignment of additional spectrum for 5G at the request of interested parties. MTC is planning a direct assignment of 500 MHz of spectrum in the 3.3–3.8 GHz band.
The World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23) identified the 3300–3800 MHz band for international mobile telecommunications (IMT, Flash) in the Americas, expanding on its previous identification:
- 3300–3400 MHz: all Americas;
- 3600–3700 MHz: all Americas; and
3700–3800 MHz: Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and USA.
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