LTE will continue to be worked on until towards 2030, in spite of the industry's evolution into 5G, a senior Deutsche Telekom exexcutive has claimed.

Spectrum was in the spotlight at the 5G World event this week, with questions raised about whether the current methods of allocation were fit for purpose.

The world of crowdsourcing has been a fixture of the technology world for some time now but TIM has argued that 5G will see a network built according to the demands of its customers, rather than vendors.

"It was like being handed the keys to the truck and being told to 'go and do the business'," is how Stéphane Allaire describes being told by Martin Bouygues to set up an IoT-focused unit within the French telco.

It's not often a technology company positions itself as the Switzerland of its sector, but Federated Wireless is doing just that as it strives to serve as the neutral heart of dynamic spectrum sharing.

Backhaul and power remain the biggest obstacles for deploying small cells outdoors, the CTIO of Tele2 Estonia has claimed.

The reluctance of European operators to deploy small cells has forced vendors to think more intelligently about their solutions, a Nokia executive has said.

Dark fibre is essential for operators to deliver on the promise of HetNet and small cells-based networks, the CTO of O2 UK has claimed.

Legendary baseball coach Yogi Berra's famous quote that 'it's deja vu all over again' springs to mind when considering the European small cell market. Every year we are on the cusp of growth. It doesn't transpire and 12 months later the same predictions emerge.

Vending machines and cars seem at opposite ends of the connectivity scale, with one static and other as mobile as they come, but together both products have been at the centre of attempts to make an IoT solution global.

Europe is keen to gain back the ground lost to Asia and the United States during the LTE generation, with the European Union joining telcos in developing the road to 5G.

Technology is at the heart of good customer experience, Mobile Europe CTO of the Year 2016 winner Bruno Jacobfeuerborn has said in an exclusive video interview.

T-Mobile Czech Republic is bringing forward its plans to switch off its 3G network as it looks to refarm its spectrum for LTE and 5G, its CTO has claimed in an exclusive vide interview.

Network sharing projects are coming of age, as operators realise they can benefit from the sharing of hardware while maintaining competition, Vimpelcom's CTO has claimed in an exclusive video interview.