Nineteen vendors took part in tests that placed a strong focus on synchronization for 5G and the 5G readiness of multi-vendor transport networks.

The two companies previously announced a partnership this year to build a 5G-ready, IP-based automated network in India.

Japan's telecom regulator also imposed a condition that effectively bans Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE from the country's 5G networks.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the investigation included a raid on Ericsson’s offices in Beijing.

The reference designs offer a peek inside the brains of operators, Timon Sloane, VP of marketing and ecosystem at the Open Networking Foundation, told SDxCentral in an interview.

By freeing up more spectrum during the next five years, the U.S. wireless industry could add $391 billion to the U.S. economy and create 1.8 million new jobs.

U.K. authorities have “limited confidence in Huawei’s ability to understand the content of any given build or in their ability to perform true root cause analysis of identified issues.”

The Pentagon is planning for a series of experiments later this year to learn more about propagation, latency, interference, and the equipment necessary to power 5G.

Andy Purdy argues that the best approach to security is to require a diversity of suppliers and clear divisions of responsibility.

The update includes additional application intelligence capabilities, a cloud-based orchestrator, session-based routing and path selection, and a cloud application database.

Exatel has been pushing for a 5G model that would see all operators share the same network. Dutch operators don’t seem too keen to share.

The U.S. government is pressuring Germany to ban Huawei from 5G deployments over national security concerns.

The white paper is a “pretty high level” education piece on where the 5G ecosystem is in terms of using open source platforms.

The Chinese equipment vendor’s rotating chairman said that the U.S. government has no evidence to support its claims that Huawei's equipment has been used for espionage.

The report had the U.S. ahead of three Asia-Pacific countries: China, South Korea, and Japan.

The vendors say they have more than 50 communication service providers running live production mobile networks with Ericsson VNFs on VMware’s platform.

But, the local operators will be the ones feeling the most pressure to match the world in 5G deployments.

What attendees can expect from Chinese equipment vendors Huawei and ZTE at MWC Barcelona following a year of international intrigue.

Huawei and ZTE's list of woes continue as Germany, Canada, Poland, and the U.S. all appear to be working to impose new bans.

Some companies left the university-based research group to re-asses their 5G efforts. There are now 14 affiliates, each chipping in $100,000 toward 5G research.

This is the latest in a series of major changes at Vodafone, which just said goodbye to a number of executives and announced large real estate changes in the

The most important 5G pilot in the EU to date, according to the report, was carried out by Elisa in Finland because it used at least two cell sites

The German government is said to be planning measures that would basically block Huawei from participating in future 5G networks.

The new organization, co-led by Vodafone and IBM, will provide European companies with technologies that integrate and manage multiple clouds.