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.

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Fujitsu and Qualcomm have completed a 5G new radio (NR) data call with a multi-gigabit connection using 5G sub-6 GHz carrier aggregation.

Deutsche Telekom and SK Telekom are forming a joint venture to share expertise on addressing the coronavirus crisis.

Telcos must shift their enterprise 5G strategies or risk losing out on billions of dollars they have pinned their hopes on, a new report suggests.

A group of 31 companies, including  operators and vendors, have launched the Open RAN Policy Coalition.

Update – contrary to earlier reports, CityFibre will provide Three UK's 5G backhaul, not Virgin Media.

Telefonica’s UK unit has mounted a legal challenge against Ofcom’s block allocation that could delay the bidding by 18 months.

Over 1,000 companies will be testing private 5G nets by the end of 2020, according to revised forecasts by Deloitte’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) team.

This low-band spectrum will complement 3.5GHz outdoors and is especially suitable for indoor coverage.

Omdia predicts that mobile revenue will drop 4.1% worldwide with Europe suffering most with mobile services revenue falling by 9.1%. Not everyone is convinced.

VodafoneZiggo, the Dutch communications service provider, is launching 5G with Ericsson’s Spectrum Sharing and 5G Core.

CEO Jeffrey Hedberg argues wholesale is the winning model for 5G network development, but there are still too many obstacles.

Deutsche Telekom is testing new technology which it says will enable the expansion of 5G to half the German population before the end of 2020.

The operator is looking ‘to do a Jio’ in Japan and to expand into other markets, starting with the US.

Teracom has selected Ericsson as the strategic partner for its nationwide 4G network and to support the evolution to 5G.