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Although the potential to monetise 5G remains uncertain, China is swiftly executing a nationwide 5G rollout, with commercial launches announced this week.

The concept of operators targeting start-ups for acquisition is not new: the story around operator moves on this front – take Orange, AT&T, KDDI, et cetera – is well known.

Since spectrum auctions in the mobile sector first became widespread in the 1990s, they have tended to generate one of two headlines.

Last week, the FCC approved five companies to begin initial commercial deployments of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), which introduces a flexible model for spectrum sharing in the 3. 5GHz band.

Last week, following a two-hour interview of Huawei’s CEO and founder (Ren Zhengfei) by The Economist, the vendor’s 5G network solutions became the buzz of the mobile tech industry, yet again.

La semana pasada, tras hacer pública The Economist una entrevista de dos horas con el consejero delegado y fundador de Huawei (Ren Zhengfei), las soluciones de dicha firma para redes 5G dieron que hablar una vez más en la industria…

Europe’s largest consumer technology show, IFA 2019, has wrapped up for another year in Berlin. Although the show is based in Germany, its focus is global.