Operators’ data is often siloed, inconsistent, incompatible and incomplete. What can they do to ensure it’s of a high enough quality to enable analytics, AI and automation? By Kate O’Flaherty.

Working with Ericsson, Tele2 has launched Russia's first 5G zone in central Moscow, using its commercial network.

ABI Research finds Huawei and Kathrein remain the top two base station antenna providers worldwide as we move into the era of 5G.

BT Group’s new CEO, Philip Jansen, visited the UK's new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, seeking reassurance about returns on the investment needed to meet the doubled fibre roll-out targets.

Since May this year, Deutsche Telekom has deployed 141 new mobile communications locations in Germany to drive network expansion.

TIM's Board of Directors approve encouraging first half figures for 2019 after truce holds in the boardroom and long-standing dispute with Sky ends.

Nordic Telecom has called for the upcoming Czech auction of 5G spectrum to allow more frequency for newcomers to boost competition.

Operators are slowing investment and reducing their ambitions when it comes to network automation, according to new analysis from Rethink Technology Research.

The telecoms industry mustn’t let “misinformation and the overly protectionist attitudes of the space industry derail the 5G revolution,” the GSMA trade body has warned.

Three UK says that all new and existing customers will have access to 5G with no speed caps and at no extra cost, putting the pressure on other operators to follow suit.

Vodafone and Telecom Italia Group (TIM) have announced an active network-sharing partnership for 4G and 5G, and expanded their passive-sharing agreement.

Trump Administration gives permission for US Deutsche Telekom (DT) subsidiary to acquire Sprint, more than 450 days after it proposed the deal.

Vodafone is to hive off its mobile mast estate in Europe into a new firm that it could list on the stock market.

Sky Mobile runs on O2's network and will launch 5G by November 2019. Its entry into the market is likely to make the UK one of the most competitive by the end of 2019.

The British operator is the last to deploy 5G in the UK, and will start with Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, London and Slough .

The UK's smallest mobile operator and SSE Enterprise Telecoms are launching a 5G fibre testbed in Europe’s busiest shopping district, Oxford Street in London.

Vodafone and O2 have agreed to share 5G equipment, such as radio antennas, on joint network sites across the UK, expanding an existing deal.

Tele2, which launched the first 5G radio base station in Riga on July 18, will be offering its first 5G smartphones in the second half of August.

The British operator has opted for Canonical’s Charmed OpenStack on Ubuntu as a key component of its next generation 5G Core.

Most European Union (EU) member states – 24 out of 28 – have completed their 5G national risk assessments, the European Commission says.