The just-published Mobile Economy Report Europe 2023, from the GSMA, makes familiar reading – repeating longstanding concerns over Europe’s lagging roll out of advanced 5G capabilities, citing policies that hold back investment. The GSMA noted that only 5% of live 5G networks in the continent yet support 5G Standalone (SA), compared with 25% in APAC. Operators are caught in the familiar ROI (Return On Investment) trap, meaning that they must first find the investment to sustain 5G deployment and bring on SA before the additional revenue that would pay for it comes in. The GSMA report confirms that the demand is there, reflected in rapidly rising traffic levels on the principle that users and apps consume whatever capacity is there.…