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Research update: China seeks 5G leadership

Our latest Research Notes focus on China, namely the world's biggest operator, China Mobile and a manufacturer of increasing importance, ZTE.  In the past year both companies have made 5G a strategic priority.…

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What is really holding back “5G” in Europe?

The GSMA and ETNO have called on legislators yet again to ditch their “grim” approach to the 5G vision, as if having concerns about one-size fits all licence terms, pushy auction planning…

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Spectrum wars 2.0

In the same way that warfare has supposedly, for lack of a better word, “evolved” over time from the wholesale conquering of an enemy’s territory into a more targeted and…

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Make your mind up time

Seriously now: are we facing an imminent lack of spectrum due to exponential data demand or are we not? Answers, please, in the context of the European Parliament confirming the timetable for…

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5G or not 5G?

3GPP’s Release 15 will probably bear the “5G stamp”. This means that there is nothing to stop marketers calling LTE and LTE-advanced technology included in the final documentation “5G” when…

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Does 2+2 = 5G?

5G is like the great Gold Rush of the American West, except no one knows if there is actually any gold. But if there is, should mobile be digging for…

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The US/EU policy divide over 5G

Brussels will be involved in every aspect of 5G development. The FCC won't. We're in a familiar place but this time its important we work together.