The company’s plight could impact the continent’s telecoms infrastructure, which Strand Consults reckons to be two years behind Asia and the US in the rollout of 5G.

IBM and Vodafone Business say it will speed adoption of cloud technologies and business applications enabled by 5G, edge computing and software-defined networking (SDN).

Telecom Italia Group, TIM, bids for some BT contracts as the future of Italy's national infrastructure hangs in the balance.

5G is unlikely to deliver significant new revenues for operators, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics.

Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson say they are first to demonstrate a millimetre wave (mmW) link running at 40Gbps.

KPN is collaborating with Accenture to demonstrate the value of industrial 5G applications.

T-Mobile US, working with Intel and Ericsson, this week carried out the first 5G data and video call on the 600 MHz spectrum band, with successful uplink and downlink communication on a live commercial network.

At the CES tech tradeshow in Las Vegas this week NCTA, The Internet & Television Association, CableLabs and Cable Europe announced the cable industry’s vision for ‘10G’ — delivering networks that provide speeds of 10Gbps.

Ericsson announced it will work with Epiroc to bring 5G connectivity to mines around the world. Operators, take note.

Bouygues Telecom says it has made its first 5G call in Lyon “in real conditions”.

Telia, TalTech University and Ericsson have launched Estonia’s first 5G network. It will be used as a testbed for local companies and the university.

Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile and Tele2 have completed the merger of their Dutch operations. T-Mobile says the move kicks off “an exciting year” in which its immediate focus will be on rolling out 5G in the Netherlands and eliminating digital inequality.

Telefónica Germany has launched its "Early 5G Innovation Cluster" in central Berlin and is planning to test Industry 4.0 and enhance mobile broadband use cases in the coming months.

5G has been dealt a blow with the development of migration architecture from LTE delayed by three months until March 2019.

Deutsche Telekom is planning to build a public and private LTE network as part of its membership of an organisation exploring innovations in the manufacturing sector.

TIM has opened its first 5G Innovation Hub to coincide with holding what it claimed was Europe's first 5G NR video call on mmWave.

T-Mobile Polska has switched on four 5G New Radio base stations in Warsaw, in the first steps of its next generation technology rollout.

Huawei has got some good news during a troubled week after signing a deal to develop and rollout 5G services for Altice Portugal.

Telia Company and Ericsson have opened Sweden's first 5G network using standardised radio and core products and serving as a testbed for enterprises and academics.

Europe's penchant for hands-on regulation could damage 5G's deployment before it properly starts, writes Dimitris Mavrakis, ABI Research