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Openreach drops threshold to 20 new dwellings at a site to install fibre and parent BT is the first European operator to sign up for Google’s Stadia gaming platform.

Microsoft has announced an ambitious goal to reduce and “ultimately remove” its carbon footprint.

O2 has announced partnerships with Mavenir, DenseAir and WaveMobile to deploy Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) technologies in its network.

Operators from around the world have formed the 5G Future Forum to collaborate and develop interoperable 5G specifications across key geographic regions.

Deutsche Telekom and utility company EWE have formally established their new joint venture, Glasfaser Nordwest, to build out fibre infrastructure in Germany.

A bipartisan group of US senators has introduced a bill to provide more than $1 billion to develop Western-based 5G equipment alternatives to those from Huawei and ZTE.

John Strand of Strand Consult argues that restricting the use of Huawei and ZTE’s equipment from networks would not harm Europe’s mobile operators, nor meaningfully reduce competition or delay rollout – but it could greatly improve security.

A1-supported start-ups Azoomee and Scarletred have won the City of Vienna’s 5G Use Case Challenge.

The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said that security is paramount for the UK’s 5G networks but argued Huawei's critics must come up with an “alternative” provider.

Vodafone claims to be the first operator in the UK to activate 5G multi-operator radio access network (MORAN) technology, enabling providers to share base stations.