In those seemingly faraway years just before the global pandemic hit, there was a great flurry of activity to release 5G-targeted spectrum around the world, mainly in at least part of the 3.4 GHz to 4.2 GHz range. The focus of the auctions, and therefore most of the initial 5G deployments, was on these midband, capacity-centric frequencies, and the aim was to boost capacity to support usage levels and data rates in relatively constrained areas such as downtowns or business parks. Here 4G – which in most areas is nowhere close to ‘capacity crunch’ – might start to burst at the seams. There was some disruption and delay to auctions and build-outs in the early months of the pandemic, though…