Starting September 7th, Orange Spain and TDC Denmark started their 5G network offerings powered by Ericsson's network components.

Telecom Italia achieved the first connection in Europe capable of permanently exceeding a downlink speed of 4 Gbps on a 5G live network.

In cooperation with the Town of Jastrebarsko, Hrvatski Telekom has started deploying the optical infrastructure in the area.

TIM confirmed its leadership in 5G by successfully achieving the first connection in Europe capable of permanently exceeding a downlink speed of 4 Gbps on a 5G live network.

Telefónica announced it has switched on its 5G network in Spain.

Telecom Italia’s Board of Directors approved the agreement with KKR Infrastructure and Fastweb for the establishment of FiberCop.

According to an Opensignal analysis of typical data rates in 12 countries, focus on low-band 5G deployments resulted in the US ranking in last place.

Ericsson has joined the 450 MHz Alliance to support critical mobile communications networks for industries such as public safety and utilities that require secure and resilient wide-area coverage.

The GSMA announced that the world’s leading mobile network equipment vendors, Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia and ZTE, have passed an independent security audit of product development and lifecycle management processes.

Bundesnetzagentur, German communications regulator, launched a consultation on the future use of spectrum allocated at its 4G auction in 2010.

Telefonica and Deutsche Telekom had met interim coverage targets set after all operators in the country failed to meet mandated requirements by the start of 2020, according to German network regulator.

Ericsson and leading Slovenian communications service provider, Telekom Slovenije, launched the first commercial 5G network in Slovenia on July 23, 2020.

Intel and VMware announced a collaboration on an integrated software platform for virtualized radio access networks to accelerate the rollout of both existing LTE and future 5G networks.

COVID-19 pandemic struck Telecom Italia's performance in the secon quarter of 2020.

UK regulator Ofcom announced plans to hold a 5G auction in January 2021.

Hrvatski Telekom provided citizens of Sisak and residents of the municipalities of Ražanac and Posedarje with free internet in public areas.

Hrvatski Telekom has started deploying the optical infrastructure in the area of the city of Velika Gorica.

Deutsche Telekom announced that over 3,000 towns and municipalities in Germany now have 5G.

Ericsson has been selected by Groupe ADP, its subsidiary Hub One and Air France to deploy a private mobile network covering Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Le Bourget airports in Paris.

Dutch operators spent €1.2 billion in first 5G auction in the Netherlands.

Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom have strengthened their partnership with a new multi-year deal to deploy the service provider’s 5G Radio Access Network across Germany.

T-Mobile plans to deploy standalone 5G technology in the current calendar quarter.

Nokia announced the availability of a software based upgrade that will enable its 4G/LTE radios to be migrated seamlessly to 5G/NR.

Ericsson unveiled its Standalone 5G NR software for 5G mid- and low bands.

Nokia is rapidly ramping up the adoption of Open RAN interfaces in its AirScale portfolio.

Deutsche Telekom, together with Qualcomm, Quectel and Redtea Mobile, are introducing their implementation of nuSIM, the integrated SIM for the IoT.

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) announced the freeze of Release 16 NR Specifications, marking the completion of the first evolutionary release of 5G technologies.

Nokia has been selected by Taiwan Mobile as the sole supplier of its 5G network in a three-year framework deal worth approximately €400 million.

The GSMA convened pioneers in 5G to develop a guidelines document that provides support to operators in the deployment of 5G Stand Alone Option 2.

Hrvatski Telekom and Ericsson Nikola Tesla signed a cooperation agreement making ENT the exclusive supplier of the radio part for HT's mobile network until 2024.