Nokia announced that it has signed 17 new 5G commercial deals since Q2 earnings announcement.

Nokia announced it is the first vendor to offer extreme automation of 4G and 5G network slicing across all network domains, including RAN, transport and core.

Seven companies applied to participate in the 5G spectrum auction in the Czech Republic, the country's communications regulator announced.

Over the last decade, mobile has connected more than 2.5 billion people to the internet, with mobile broadband coverage reaching in excess of 90% of the world’s population.

France closed spectrum auction after three days of bidding.

Nokia announced that it has extended its long-term strategic relationship with BT into the 5G arena, following its selection as a 5G RAN vendor for the UK operator.

Arcep, French telecommunication regulator, launched the first 5G spectrum auction in the country.

Microsoft announced they're building a carrier-grade cloud, thus entering 5G cloud arena.

Croatian mobile network operator, A1 Hrvatska, has achieved a record long commercial hop at nearly 27km, using Ericsson MIMO and MINI-LINK technologies.

Ericsson demonstrated a live C Band network in the US with 16-layer downlink Multi-user MIMO technology, delivering enhanced spectral efficiency.

With an HRK 19 million investment, Hrvatski Telekom has started the implementation of the fiber-optic infrastructure in the area of Slavonski Brod.

T-Mobile US signed a deal which is expected to deliver up to $17 billion in incremental revenue for American Tower.

Austria finalised its second 5G spectrum auction, bringing in proceeds of almost €202 million for the 700MHz, 1500MHz and 2100MHz bands.

Nokia signed a contract with Open Fiber, Italy’s wholesale infrastructure operator, to supply optical transport technology for the expansion of the FTTH network nationwide.

Ericsson and Qualcomm have completed pioneering interoperability tests for 5G standalone carrier aggregation.

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.