5G's strengths have been demonstrated again in an industrial context, with Telefónica and Nokia holding a demonstration within a production line.

Telia's emerging businesses arm Division X and Nokia taking part in a series of industrial trials exploring how 5G's ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC) can aid smart electricity and harbour automation.

EE has earmarked six UK cities for its 5G launch and promised commercial devices will be ready for the network going live next year.

Swisscom has secured the first over the air connection on a live 3.5GHz 5G network by connecting a prototype smartphone.

Telenor Group is using five Norwegian families to test broadband and TV over a 5G network, in the first real-life pilot of the technology in Scandinavia.

EE, O2 and Three have continued their race to be the UK's leading 5G operator with new masts, new investment and new connected car projects.

5G's potential could be under threat without a sensible approach to spectrum, the GSMA has warned, as it advised operators will need a minimum of 100MHz in the 5G mid-bands and 1GHz in millimetre wave frequency in order to fully capitalise on the technology.

Operators must take advantage of network virtualisation and other technologies if they are to minimise the cost per bit of forthcoming 5G networks and maximise its potential, a new report has claimed.

Elisa is deploying its 5G network to aid a research project aimed at measuring air quality in large cities.

TIM has switched on its latest 5G antenna in Italy and held a public demonstration of 5G use cases.

Vodafone has switched on the first 5G antenna in the UK on a commercial network and is inviting enterprises to test the technology's potential.

Samsung and NEC have become the latest telcos to collaborate on developing new 5G services and products.

Qualcomm is claiming it has made the first 5G New Radio call over sub-6GHz bands as part of a product announcement flurry spanning 5G small cells, antennas and chips.

Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom are planning to co-invest in each other's next generation technologies ahead of the launch of 5G.

Samsung has bought Spanish artificial intelligence and networks analytics firm Zhilabs to strengthen its 5G portfolio.

CEOs from some of Europe's biggest operators are calling for a new industrial policy to support the telecoms industry, helping it to reduce costs and relax trade barriers.

Deutsche Telekom is underwriting plans to deliver 5G coverage to 99 percent of the German population by 2025 with a €20 billion warchest.

TIM is getting behind the wheel of 5G tests at San Marino's Rally Legend competition, in its latest demonstration of next generation technology.

EE has switched on the first of its 5G trial sites, using the technology to boost network capacity at the Canary Wharf financial district in London.

Beeline conducted a holographic video call on the 27GHz network in the latest demonstration of potential 5G use cases.