The German regulator, Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA), has published new security requirements for telecoms networks and services.

Operator announces 5G in 12 more cities this year and warns of serious consequences if Huawei equipment is banned from British infrastructure.

Vodafone UK has become the first communications provider to join a consortium for drone testing.

Austria has awarded 5G spectrum licences to T-Mobile Austria, A1 and Hutchison Drei (Three), as well as four regional providers.

Huawei is suing the US government over a ban that restricts federal agencies from using its products.

The companies say it will offer operators better visibility, customer service and control of the data flowing across their interconnected networks.

France’s Minister of Economy and Finance put forward a bill to tax internet companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple.

Company calls on industry and governments to establish unified, objective cyber security standards.

Telia Carrier and Infinera have completed a network field trial demonstrating autonomous intelligent transponder (AIT) technology.

BT has secured a deal with Northumbrian Water to deliver an IoT pilot project in the North East of England.

This is yet another example of operators partnering to move into the enterprise market.

Turkcell’s new ID Management tool stores the information needed for user verification in a blockchain network, so additional verifications are not necessary.

The Broadband Forum has issued the second code release of its Open Broadband – Broadband Access Abstraction (OB-BAA) project.

Determined to show they mean business with 5G, their pilots vary from aeronautics to entertainment, remote healthcare, smart energy and factories.