AWS chosen for its "proven and broad infrastructure and cloud capabilities to power its 5G network, increase operational efficiency, and fuel innovation".

Telefónica’s Chair calls for government backing to attract funding for “smart digital infrastructure”.

Symbolically, the test linked Asia and Europe (picture shows bridge across the Bosphorus) and is part of Vodafone Turkey's network modernisation drive.

The software-defined (SD) Core supports Connectivity-as-a-Service, optimised for private 5G nets and Industry 4.0.

The test will take place in London, Manchester and Cardiff, building on a trial with Coventry University. 

STL Partners has published a first attempt at establishing how much the O-RAN market is worth.

As recently as January, EE and O2, said they had no plans to reintroduce roaming charges for UK customers.

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.