Qualcomm has pledged to invest $100 million in artificial intelligence start-ups as it shifts from the cloud to the edge.

TIM has made its first 5G connection on its live network using a prototype handset, in its latest piece of research into next generation technology.

Sunrise has launched its second 5G network in Switzerland, connecting the LAAX resort on the Crap Sogn Gion mountain.

5G will account for almost a third of European's mobile subscriptions, Ericsson has predicted, with the technology set to reach 1.5 billion subscriptions worldwide by the end of 2024.

O2 has become the latest British operator to launch a 5G trial with Massive MIMO pilots in Kings Cross and Marble Arch in central London.

EE will use its 5G network to hold a live broadcast of the forthcoming EE Wembley Cup final, featuring YouTubers Spencer Owen, F2 Freestylers, Calfreezy, WillNE and Stephen Tries.

Governments should subsidise telecoms infrastructure deployments and work harder to make spectrum available, the CEO of Huawei has said as the vendor revealed it had shipped its 10,000th 5G base station.

Telia is opening a new 5G network in Finland and aiming at industrial companies to trial the connectivity.

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.