The global number of cellular IoT subscribers increased by 70% during 2018 to reach 1.2 billion, according to a new report from Berg Insight.

The 5G TODAY project has kicked off a field trial for TV broadcasting via 5G in Germany.

The four have agreed to reciprocal sharing of masts in remote areas if Ofcom will amend coverage targets for the upcoming spectrum auction.

O2 and Wireless Infrastructure Group (WIG) have announced a “multi-million-pound” network collaboration.

The companies claim a “landmark” data transmission rate by consistently topping 100Gbps in a trial microwave link over 1.5km.

Openreach’s fibre will pass 4 million premises by March 2021, up from 1.247 million now.

The GSMA has warned of a “worrying trend” of badly run spectrum auctions which artificially inflate prices and inefficiently distribute already-scarce spectrum resources.

Telefónica has signed an agreement to sell 11 data centres to Asterion Industrial Partners, a pan-European infrastructure fund manager, for €550 million.

Orange Spain, working with Huawei, has piloted a 400Gbps DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) link – a first for Spain and within Orange.

Proposed new group would stretch from Thailand to Indonesia and have 300 million customers.

It will also extend 23 data centres as part of this year’s €1.5 billion to €1.7 billion non-recurring capital investment programme.

Ericsson reckons consumers are willing to pay a 20% premium for 5G services and claims to bust some 5G myths.

Companies demonstrate single-wavelength service connectivity using Infinera’s configurable Groove platform.

Swisscom and IT services provider Trivadis are partnering to offer Database-as-a-Service from autumn 2019.