Italy’s record $7.6 billion sale of high-speed airwaves gouges a chunk out of phone companies’ finances before they embark on costly network upgrades, according to Bloomberg.

Only three weeks after the partnership with Huawei, Monaco Telecom unveiled its nationwide 5G mobile network.

A UK telecommunication services price comparison site Cable has ranked the countries with the fastest internet in the world based on over 163 million speed tests across 200 countries or territories.

Celcom Axiata Berhad, Malaysia’s leading data network provider, has signed an agreement with Ericsson to expand and upgrade its LTE network.

Italy’s auction of 5G spectrum ended Tuesday, fetching 6.55 billion euros for the country’s government, more than twice the target, according to Bloomberg.

TIM and Fastweb put the first 5G base station into commercial use, featuring Huawei's end-to-end 5G equipment.

In a step announced back in mid July, Vipnet, the Croatian subsidiary of the A1 Telekom Austria Group, is rebranded as A1 Croatia.

With 5G use cases placing more demanding requirements on the networks, Ericsson is strengthening its end-to-end mobile transport solutions by building on its radio expertise and adding best-in-class transport technologies.

Ericsson is expanding its end-to-end 5G Platform by adding new products, enhancing the agility and speed with which communication service providers can roll out their 5G networks.

Telefónica Deutschland and Samsung have agreed to run 20 Fixed Wireless Access trials in Germany.

Samsung announced that their 5G-ready massive MIMO solutions on Sprint’s 2.5 GHz TDD-LTE network are now in commercial service.

Ericsson and Swisscom have stepped up their 5G game by accomplishing Europe’s first end-to-end, multivendor 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) data call on 3.5 GHz band in the Swiss city of Burgdorf.

Huawei said it is the first company to complete a 5G standalone functional C-Band test of New Radio based on 3GPP standard.

As the commercial launch of 5G services rapidly approaches, Ericsson and Intel, together with AT&T and T-Mobile, showcased the power of the new ecosystem.

Telecom Italia was the highest bidder in an Italian auction of airwaves for fifth-generation mobile services that raised at least $2.9 billion, according to Bloomberg.

The South Atlantic Inter Link (SAIL) consortium announced the completion of the close to 6000km marine installation of its 25-year life- span transatlantic fiber optic subsea cable.

Ericsson and Intel have announced another milestone: the first 3GPP-based end-to-end, multivendor NR 5G live data call on 39GHz.

Ericsson has been selected by Hi3G, operating as 3 in Denmark, to modernize its transport network with 5G-ready routers over the next three years.

Samsung announced that it has developed Exynos Modem 5100, the industry’s first 5G modem that is fully compatible with 3GPP.

Recently, Italy's Fastweb chose Huawei as partner for its city Wi-Fi hotspot solution, using the CloudCampus solution to deploy Wi-Fi throughout Italy and ultimately improve user experience during Internet access.

Vivacom is extending its contract with Ericsson to deploy 4G Voice service and Wi-Fi calling in Bulgaria.

Qualcomm said it has produced a breakthrough in antennas for smartphones that means fifth generation, or 5G, services can be rolled out as planned, according to Bloomberg.

Singtel and Ericsson are strengthening their 5G Centre of Excellence Programme partnership with the announcement of a new initiative that will see Singapore’s first 5G pilot network go live by Q4 this year.

P4, subsidiary of Play Communications, has selected Ericsson as an additional partner to expand its radio access network in Poland, based on Ericsson Radio System.

Ericsson announced that the company has increased its U.S. footprint by expanding its 4G partnership with Verizon to include new markets.

Samsung and Cisco announced that they have successfully completed a friendly-user trial and series of 5G demonstrations with Orange in Floresti, Cluj, Romania.

3GPP TSG Plenary Meeting has approved the completion of the standalone Release 15 5G specifications.

Commercial rollouts of 5G and larger than previously forecasted deployments of cellular IoT are focal points in the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report.

Movistar Argentina has selected Ericsson to transform its Radio Access Network over a three-year period based on Ericsson Radio System.

Huawei and Orange Spain have finalized the construction of their national network, featuring long distance transmission with the largest capacity in the world up to 96x200 Gbps, which will cover distances of almost 1,000 km without regeneration.