The new AirScale 5G products are based on Nokia's ReefShark system on a chip (SoC).

The project is one of Europe’s largest public-private partnerships, with a budget of €700 million.

The new radios will be available next year and are designed for global markets.

The design should be a milestone for 5G Core data traffic routing, replacing 3G-era tunnelling of mobile data to a few fixed anchor points.

The operator has launched a new brand, SIMon, to compete against ‘the under €10 discounters’.

News UK publishes The Sun tabloid and The Times newspaper, and is said to have held talks with BT about a potential tie-up.

The new entity, comprising the country's second and third largest mobile operators, will have revenue of about $3 billion (€2.52 billion) pa.

The vendor also announced its private 5G network trial with Lufthansa Technik has progressed to permanent deployment.

The partnership plans to help operators gain the benefits of 5G vRAN – including up to 90% cost reduction – as mobile nets move to cloud.

The £1 bn programmme will also boost connectivity across London, from fixed broadband in homes to outdoor 5G coverage and emergency services.

The US President has continued along the path taken by his predecessor.

The launch follows Vodafone trials with firms from sports tech to autonomous transport, biometric security, remote virtual reality and factory automation.

The US’ fledgling fourth national operator has again chosen an American supplier.

Germany has one of the lowest fibre penetration rates in Europe and is under great pressure to catch up.