Melis joins from Wind Tre in Italy and will be responsible for the ongoing transformation of Three’s 4G and 5G networks.

The Hub is part of an ongoing regional reorganisations and is accompanied by changes to top management.

The Johnson Administration is reported to be drawing up plans to have all Huawei equipment removed from UK networks within three years.

The COVID-19 crisis will trigger a 2.6% decline in global wireless service revenue in 2020, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics.

On May 24, Tele2 switched on 5G in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo. Telia Sweden has also introduced its 5G network in Stockholm.

The group’s purpose is to influence policy makers’ approach to ensure “an open, diverse and secure supply chain” for mobile technologies.

The DEA, or Energistyrelsen, will offer one licence, on terms designed to ensure the spectrum is used effectively throughout the country.

Telefónica UK (O2) is moving its legacy Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) infrastructure to an Adaptive IP network provided by Ciena.

Altiostar has tested O-RAN Alliance-compliant, multi-vendor massive MIMO 5G with vRAN in collaboration with NEC Corporation and Rakuten Mobile.

China Telecom and China Unicom have selected Ericsson Radio System products and solutions as part of their 5G roll-out across China.

The trial was undertaken in Dallas, Texas, using 800MHz commercial millimetre wave (mmWave), and reached speeds up to 4.7Gbps.

Industry trade bodies jointly call for an end to attacks including arson on masts and steps to protect field engineers at work.

The launch of Rakuten Mobile’s 5G network in Japan won’t go ahead in June as planned due to knock-on effects of COVID-19.

Telekom Slovenije is trialling smart factory applications on a 5G test network at Iskratel’s production plant in Kranj, Slovenia.

No-one should count out the world’s largest equipment provider – nor underestimate the longer-term damage to the global supply chain.

Microsoft has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Metaswitch Networks for an undisclosed amount.

The 5G-Industry Campus Europe, billed as Europe’s largest 5G research network, has gone live in Aachen, Germany.

The government decided economic pressures are too great to go ahead with the bidding for 3.5GHz band – could it be a model for Europe?

Ericsson and Orange Belgium are working with the manufacturer to support intelligent manufacturing via 4G and 5G in future.

Telia in Norway has switched on its 5G commercial network in Lillestrøm and parts of Groruddalen in the greater Oslo (pictured) region.