Deutsche Telekom is aiming to dive further into 5G research and deployments with the formation of a new subsidiary company dedicated to the technology, as football star Manuel Neuer made a guest appearance at its Mobile World Congress press conference.

Mobile data demand is set to grow by more than 50 percent in major cities by 2025, the GSMA has claimed, as it made its latest plea for regulatory reform to meet consumer needs.

Deutsche Telekom, Swisscom and Telefónica have joined operators supporting a Qualcomm-backed platform to bring cellular connectivity to laptops, as the chipset maker made a plethora of pre-MWC announcements.

Swisscom is exploring how network slicing can help critical communications across LTE and 5G in a new collaboration with Ericsson.

Cellular IoT technology is continuing to grow with new GSMA figures revealing 41 networks are using either NB-IoT or LTE-M.

Ericsson has deployed a 4G base station on a blimp and showcased how LTE-M can help diabetes sufferers.

Vodafone has tested a new “mini-mast” in the UK which will allow it to extend coverage while minimising the visual impact of its network.

Telefónica Deutschland has started a project to roll out voice over LTE and voice over Wi-Fi to its customer base.

The European Aviation Network's delayed attempts to offer Wi-Fi connectivity to airline passengers will finally take flight by June after the completion of its ground network.

Vodafone Ukraine is targeting the first launch of LTE services on its network by the end of March, after securing spectrum in a recent auction.

Tele2 Latvia is planning to spend €11 million on network infrastructure improvements this year as it aims to bridge the gap between LTE and 5G.

Nokia is aiming to simplify private LTE deployments with a small cell based on MulteFire, in what it claims is a world-first.

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

Turkcell and Huawei have trialled a new technology that could help devices make better use of available spectrum.

LTE roaming traffic growth exploded by up to 800 percent during the summer last year, as the European Union's abolition of roaming charges came into effect, according to annual research from wholesale carrier BICS.

Austria’s A1 has used carrier aggregation and other Gigabit LTE techniques to hit speeds of 1.5GBps over its 4G network.

Operators in France will hugely expand their 4G footprints under the terms of a new deal with the country’s authorities.

Ericsson and Qualcomm are trialling the Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) standard for connected cars in Japan.

At first glance, a visitor arriving at Telecom Italia’s TIMLab in Turin could be forgiven for thinking it focuses on the history of telecoms rather than its future.

At the start of a crucial year for telecoms, which will see trends such as virtual reality and the IoT gathering pace and the first trials of next generation technologies such as 5G, Mobile Europe rounds up some of the industry’s big predictions for 2018.