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While 5G networks start to roll out in advanced markets like South Korea, the US, the UK, and Germany, other countries' telecoms are waiting for their chance to buy spectrum and get their own networks up and running.
News about their upcoming auctions and the network rollouts to follow is likely to have major implications for companies looking to do business related to those deployments, as well as for 5G activities in other markets.
Here's what's happening in Brazil and India:
Nokia expects Brazil's 5G auction next year to be among the largest — if not the largest — spectrum sales ever, according to Reuters.
Anatel, the Brazilian telecommunications regulator, is organizing the country's first 5G spectrum auction, set for March 2020.