The Telecom Italia-led coalition conducting 5G trials in Italy has carried out its first end-to-end data session using the 5G New Radio (5G NR) standard.

T-Mobile has introduced a pre-standard version of 5G to the Austrian city of Innsbruck in a first for the country.

Qualcomm signalled a more cordial tone while rejecting Broadcom’s latest takeover offer, as it announced a number of new handset deals for its 5G New Radio (5G NR) chipset.

Ericsson is moving early with its Mobile World Congress product launches and is banking on operators following suit with their 5G plans. First, however, the vendor has to convince its customers that the benefits are worth investing in today, a problem it shares with its rivals.

Elisa has tested VR, AR and gaming applications in 3.5GHz 5G network trials with Huawei and plead for the swift distribution of spectrum to power new tech deployments.

Orange has shed light on its 5G strategy, unveiling a three-pronged approach that will focus on "quality of service" for customers.

Deutsche Telekom, EE, Elisa, Telia and Vodafone Group are planning to verify and trial new 5G New Radio infrastructure and devices devised by Nokia and Qualcomm.

Telefónica and Huawei have demonstrated the use of 5G in self-driving vehicles in a trial in Spain.

5G-based traffic light management is just one of the use cases set up in a new testbed between Deutsche Telekom, Nokia and the Hamburg Port Authority.

Qualcomm and Samsung have signed a multi-year strategic partnership to focus on mobile device development and the shift to 5G.

Telefónica Germany is planning to trial ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC) with Nokia as part of its path to rolling out 5G networks.

Salt has warned that Switzerland's forthcoming spectrum auction could drive operators out of the market unless it is handled fairly, as it demonstrated the country's highest ever download speeds in a 5G trial.

Nokia has launched a new end-to-end 5G network architecture that uses AI-based automation and claims to offer up to three times more data capacity per cell site, as well as 30 percent lower total cost of operation.

Deutsche Telekom, Huawei and Intel have demonstrated interoperability between their equipment based on the latest 5G standard.

Qualcomm is working with a range of Chinese OEMs to launch devices based on the 5G New Radio standard as early as 2019, as it won new deals to supply them with radio components.

Vodafone Germany has partnered with Huawei and electronics maker Bosch to build 4G-based connectivity into a driver assistance system.

Telefónica is launching 5G pilots in two Spanish cities as it looks to gain real-world feedback on the next generation technology.

Turkcell has joined 3GPP and vowed to help Turkey to become one of the first countries to deploy 5G.

Network transformation will lead to a "necessary" change in skills across telecoms, according to the Group CTO of TIM, who warns those with legacy competencies could be under threat.

Nokia has won its first major deal to sell hardware based on the 5G New Radio (NR) standard to NTT DOCOMO.