Austria awarded 20-year 3.4-3.8 GHz licences to the three national mobile incumbents and to four regional players for a total of 188 million EUR
News in the EU
5G network sharing considered as an option by the Danish action plan
5G will be deployed in 2020 on the 3.5GHz band for starters, then over 26GHz band
5G trials at Manchester airport by Vodafone
Vodafone switched on its 5G network at the city’s airport
T-Mobile’s 5G network deployed in The Hague
The roll-out will start this year to enable large scale deployments of 5G in 2020
5G auctions in Switzerland raised $379 million
Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt completed the acquisition of available 5G spectrum
Harmonisation on 3.4-3.8 GHz radio spectrum kicks off in Europe
5G pioneer bands identified at EU level are the 700 MHz, the 3.6 GHz (3.4-3.8 GHz) and the 26 GHz (24.25-27.5 GHz) frequencies.
5G trials call for 26 GHz in France
Application procedures are open to third parties and available from 31 January to 31 March 2019
Vodafone and O2 agree to share 5G networks and split the bill in the UK
A collaboration for the deployment of 5G networks at 2,500 joint sites outside London
TIM and Qualcomm demonstrate a 5G video call
The first European 5G NR video call was achieved in Rome by TIM and Qualcomm
Orange deploys 5G in Marseille in partnership with Nokia
Orange announced the installation of 80 antennas in 2019 for a 5G network in the 3.5 GHz spectrum band
