Special Report: Towards ‘true 5G’

Operators start to take baby steps towards a full 5G service platform

Intel’s Barefoot acquisition fills a critical gap in its end-to-end 5G platform

UK aims to open spectrum for start-ups as German auction closes on €6.5bn

India would shoot itself in the foot with proposed 5G spectrum costs

Amid iPhone crisis, Apple may have restarted talks to buy Intel’s modems

China awards 5G licences, makes TV provider a new mobile entrant

Nokia’s Deepfield unit gains significant analytics win with Telefónica Spain

Dialog tries to convince skeptics that WiFi can beat low power rivals

Apple surprises by closing smart home gap with Amazon and Google

Special Report: Chinese tensions will accelerate change in the 5G chip industry

If Amazon wants Boost, it will be to support AWS, not Alexa

Several players are interested in Boost Mobile

Orange and AT&T drive multinational roaming for LTE-M

Sequans completes interoperability testing with NTT Docomo:

BT moves to converged networks, but no date for cloud-native core yet

Three main MNOs win in US mmWave auctions but still lack midband assets

Cellnex boosts UK tower footprint through BT agreement

Google stresses about Huawei ban, Samsung waits in the wings

GM pulls back on Maven, casting doubt on ‘AirBnb for cars’

Nvidia targets 5G/AI/edge intersection with EGX platform

Special Report: New operators

The monolithic MNO model is breaking down, but smart MNOs will benefit

NXP and MediaTek feel ripple effect from Qualcomm’s dramas

More towerco consolidation under way in India and Africa

Huawei takes legal and PR action to fight USA’s “unconstitutional” ban

Price wars loom even in Japan as 5G and new competition come closer

Dish’s latest EchoStar deal could bolster its fixed wireless ambitions

Wi-Charge targets wireless charging at lower power home devices

Comcast’s change of strategy confirms LoRa’s opportunity in campus networks

The FCC’s 24 GHz auction raises £2bn, third mmWave sale to follow

CableLabs spreads wireless wings with dual channel WiFi and mmWave

5G is only AT&T’s third priority, after FirstNet and LTE-Advanced

Oculus Quest PC-free headset runs on Qualcomm’s Mobile VR platform

Special Report: Huawei in crisis

As Huawei’s predicament deepens, the industry as a whole will be the loser

Marvell buys Avera for ASICs as 5G networks demand specialist chips

SCWS London: Neutral hosts have make-or-break role in densification

BT Openreach turns to ADVA for small cell gateways

German 5G spectrum costs escalate; no common pattern to global auctions

Will Intel’s Project Athena resurrect the cellular laptop?

TM Forum’s latest open framework aims to ease migration to cloud-native 5G

DoJ and FCC take conflicting views of Sprint/TMO merger approval

BT and Vodafone duel for 5G first mover advantage in the UK

AT&T calls for higher power in CBRS to make it more 5G-centric

Qualcomm loses FTC case, and Broadcom is under expanded investigation

SpaceX gains FCC approval to launch over 4,000 satellites

Huawei’s Super C-band optical network boosts capacity per fiber by 50%

Google shakes up smart home market by shutting Works with Nest

Special Report: The USA’s 5G race

The ‘race to 5G’ is prompting US government interference in the mobile industry

India’s operators call on government to avoid past auction mistakes with 5G

Google I/O: for the third year, AI-driven Android is a key theme

India stabilizes, but Vodafone faces challenges in many other markets

Imagination is back, seeking to set standards for advanced 5G graphics

Vodafone makes concessions to ease approval of its Liberty Global deal

Deutsche Telekom achieves 140Gbps peak on wireless 5G backhaul link

Marvell buys Aquantia, neutralizing a future in-car chip rival

Mobile-first video helps US digital ads revenue break $100bn barrier

UK operators demand 5G concessions in return for rural mast sharing

Google I/O: Nest brand given a key role in unified smart home platform