Reality has bitten for operators and their 5G strategies, the GSMA has claimed, as it urged governments to work on preparing for next generation networks immediately.

Operators are only "scratching the surface" of NB-IoT's potential, the CTO of Telenor Connexion has said, as the operator gears up for a trial of smart parking.

The connected vehicle market will ultimately split in two, according to Vodafone, with the cars developing as a service platform on one hand, and the era of autonomous vehicles emerging on the other.

Operators should unite to offer quality of service (QoS) between networks, to enable certain customers and services to get preferential connectivity, a Deutsche Telekom executive has said.

Telia Company's new connected car solution is aiming to be a springboard for second-hand cars to take advantage of full mobility.

Telefónica and Huawei have developed a new proof-of-concept for a 5G radio access network (RAN) that transfers the logistics of cellular handover from the mobile device to the network.

The increasing ubiquity of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is extending beyond search engines and finance to telecoms, as operators look to new systems to improve their processes, potentially reinventing how networks are built and deployed in the process.

Virtualisation is the latest area the Small Cells Forum has turned its attention to, as its Chair said that telcos' should not be blamed for fragmentation in the move to reach 5G. 

The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun certifying WiGig products as it looks to show that Wi-Fi technology can also offer gigabit speeds over short distances.

EE will lose the technological credibility it has built up over LTE if it fails to be first and best with 5G in the UK, its senior technical team has said.

Deutsche Telekom said today it has stolen a march on rival Vodafone by launching the first live narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) networks anywhere in the world.

Operators should use technology such as LTE-Advanced Pro, virtualisation and NB-IoT to develop the right business models for 5G, a summit has heard.

Embarking on a virtualisation project? Move slowly, embrace uncertainty, battle to attract the right staff (and expect to lose) and don't assume major savings, delegates at SDN World Congress have been told.

"It's complicated." The infamous Facebook description for hedging your bets about a relationship could well describe the state of virtualisation, according to day one of SDN World Congress.