## 6 The 5G Spectrum Standardization
### Worldwide 5G Trials
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Region** & **Country** & **Sub-Region** & **Operator** & **Status** & **Launch Date** & **Freq. MHz** \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{AFRICA} & Nigeria & West Africa & MTN & Live & Aug. 2022 & 3500 \\ \cline{2-6}  & South Africa & Southern Africa & Vodacom & Live & May 2020 & 3500 \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{AFRICA} & Saudi Arabia & Western Asia & Zain & Live & Oct. 2019 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Hong Kong; SAR China & Eastern Asia & 3 (CK Hutchison) & Live & Apr. 2020 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Hong Kong; SAR China & Eastern Asia & China Mobile & Live & Apr. 2020 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Japan & Eastern Asia & SoftBank & Live & Mar. 2020 & 2500 \\ \cline{2-6}  & Japan & Eastern Asia & KDI & Live & Mar. 2020 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Japan & Eastern Asia & NTT DOCOMO & Live & Mar. 2020 & \(\begin{array}{c}3700/450\\ 0/28,000\end{array}\) \\ \cline{2-6}  & Hong Kong; SAR China & Eastern Asia & csl (HKT) & Live & Apr. 2020 & 3300 \\ \cline{2-6}  & Thailand & Southeastern Asia & \begin{tabular}{c} TrueMoveH (True \\ Corporation) \\ \end{tabular} & Live & Mar. 2020 & 2600 \\ \cline{2-6}  & Thailand & Southeastern Asia & \begin{tabular}{c} Advanced Wireless \\ Network (AIS) \\ \end{tabular} & Live & Mar. 2020 & 2600 \\ \cline{2-6}  & Saudi Arabia & Western Asia & STC & Live & Sep. 2019 & 3500 \\ \cline{2-6}  & Philippines & Southeastern Asia & Globe Telecom & Live & Feb. 2020 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Qatar & Western Asia & Oeredoo & Live & Jan. 2020 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & China & Eastern Asia & China Unicom & Live & Oct. 2019 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & China & Eastern Asia & China Mobile & Live & Oct. 2019 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & China & Eastern Asia & China Telecom & Live & Oct. 2019 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Qatar & Western Asia & Vodafone & Live & Aug. 2019 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Maldives & Southern Asia & Dhiraagu (Batelco) & Live & Aug. 2019 & \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{AMERICA} & United States of America & Northern & \multirow{3}{*}{GCI} & \multirow{3}{*}{Live} & \multirow{3}{*}{Apr. 2020} \\  & America & & & & & \\ \cline{1-1} \cline{3-5}  & Canada & \begin{tabular}{c} Northern \\ America \\ \end{tabular} & Rogers & Live & Mar. 2020 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & United States of America & \begin{tabular}{c} Northern \\ America \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} T-Mobile (Deutsche \\ Telekom) \\ \end{tabular} & Live & Apr. 2020 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & United States America & \begin{tabular}{c} Northern \\ America \\ \end{tabular} & \
\begin{tabular}{c} US Cellular (TDS) \\ \end{tabular} & Live & Mar. 2020 & \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{Netherlands} & Netherlands & Western Europe &
\begin{tabular}{c} Vodafone-Ziggo (Liberty \\ Global/Vodafone) \\ \end{tabular} & Live & Apr. 2020 & 1800 \\ \cline{2-6}  & & & & & & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Hungary & Eastern Europe & Magyar Telekom & Live & Apr. 2020 & 3600 \\ \cline{2-6}  & Belgium & Western Europe & Proximus & Live & Apr. 2020 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Norway & Northern Europe & Telenor & Live & Mar. 2020 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & United Kingdom & Northern Europe & 3 (CK Hutchison) & Live & Feb. 2020 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Finland & Northern Europe & DNA & Live & Jan. 2020 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Austria & Western Europe & A1 Telekom & Live & Jan. 2020 & 3500 \\ \cline{2-6}  & Latvia & Northern Europe & Tele2 & Live & Jan. 2020 & 3500 \\ \cline{2-6}  & Romania & Eastern Europe & Orange & Like & Nov. 2019 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Ireland & Northern Europe & eir & Live & Oct. 2019 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & United Kingdom & Northern Europe & O2 (Telefonica) & Live & Oct. 2019 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Hungary & Eastern Europe & Vodafone & Live & Oct. 2019 & 3600 \\ \cline{2-6}  & Finland & Northern Europe & Telia & Live & Oct. 2019 & 4500 \\ \cline{2-6}  & Austria & Western Europe & 3 (CK Hutchison) & Live & Oct. 2019 & \\ \cline{2-6}  & Ireland & Northern Europe & Vodafone & Live & Aug. 2019 & \\ \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 10: Global 5G Deployment Statistics (source: CSA).