It is the first operator to deploy a ‘production-grade’, open-source evolved packet core (EPC), based on Open Networking Foundation’s (ONF) Open Mobile Evolved Core (OMEC) platform.

A critical difference between 5G networks and preceding generations will be the diversity of organisations building, managing and monetising them.

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told charity Electrosensitivity-UK it must not run the advert again in its current form as it contains unsubstantiated claims.

The Italian telco has surpassed speeds of 2Gbps on its 5G network in what is understood to be a European-first.

Despite the Trump Administration’s efforts to keep its equipment out of Western networks and upset its supply chain, last year Huawei’s sales rose to $122 billion.

By the end of the year, Telefónica UK connected 13 more cities to its 5G network.

ETSI's Open Source MANO group, which focuses on the management and orchestration of virtualised networks, has delivered its latest release, bringing cloud-native applications to network function virtualisation (NFV) deployments.

International Data Corporation (IDC) projects the number of 5G connections to grow from 10 million in 2019 to 1.01 billion in 2023.

In November 2019, Michele Gamberini was appointed to lead the Chief Technology & Information Office at Italy’s TIM. In this first interview since his appointment, he talked to Annie Turner about the tasks ahead.

It is just over a year since the world’s first commercial 5G service went live, so this feels like as good a time as any to take stock and assess progress over the past 12 months, says Kester Mann, Director, Consumer and Connectivity, with CCS Insight.

Telenor has completed the vendor selection process for its 5G network in Norway, plumping for Ericsson over existing provider Huawei.

AWS Wavelength is a new 5G edge computing service, while Outposts brings AWS – hybrid cloud – into customers’ data centres.

Deutsche Telekom has frozen all 5G deals with vendors, awaiting a decision about the use of Huawei in its networks, according to Reuters.

The operator will set up towercos in 2020, cut telecom costs by €1bn, focus on infrastructure and B2B services, and could spin off MEA properties.

Telefónica and Spanish state broadcaster RTVE have trialled the use of edge computing to replace TV trucks.

The Intelligent Automated Network (IAN) will connect more than 125,000 Mars Inc.' associates across more than 80 countries.

In preparation for 5G, Orange Poland has selected Juniper Networks to enhance the automation capabilities of its IP network core.

Orange has extended a contract with Ericsson to provide a managed end-to-end operations service in Belgium, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia and Spain.

Rakuten Mobile will use Netrounds’ programmable automated active service assurance software in its cloud-native network.

Bosch has applied for 5G operating licences for selected German locations, saying it believes local area networks are “the way forward”.