UAE becomes world’s first ‘10 giga’ nation with commercial U6GHz network launch

Exam-focused facts from the 9 April 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) announced the world’s first commercial upper 6GHz (U6GHz) network at the SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit 2026.
The U6GHz band operates between 6425–7125 MHz and is termed the ‘golden spectrum’ for balancing coverage and speed.
The network delivers download speeds up to 10Gbps and upload speeds up to 1Gbps under advanced 5G technology.
Global technology firms Huawei, Nokia and GSMA, together with UAE telecom operators du and e&, supported the rollout.
The U6GHz spectrum was allocated for mobile services in 2024, field tests reached 10Gbps in 2025, and commercial deployment began in 2026.