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Gaming Ribbon Communications has surveyed 5,000 gamers about their views on 5G, highlighting the increasing willingness of gamers to spend more for superior speeds and lower latency.

Infrastructure Nokia and Telefónica have announced that the Finnish vendor will be the sole provider of 5G equipment for the largest mobile network provider in Spain.

Infrastructure Parallel Wireless, a company delivering software-defined Open RAN solutions, has issued a public statement calling for more investment in semiconductor tech.

Networks Susan Buttsworth, chief operating officer at Three UK, has revealed a number of ways that the UK government can help the roll-out of 5G infrastructure.

Education Students at Coventry University can now take part in lessons presented via untethered VR headsets, remotely connected to Vodafone’s 5G Standalone (SA) network.

Infrastructure At the 5G Realised Summit - taking place over the next two days in London - Matt Warman MP has discussed the effect of Huawei’s removal from the UK’s 5G infrastructure.

Broadcasting ViacomCBS Networks International and ViacomCBS Digital Studios International will collaborate to produce MTV’s first Live 5G enabled remote production in Amsterdam.

Networks In a test of 5G networks within London, Vodafone has beaten out the competition, as it has been named the capital’s number one 5G provider by testing company, umlaut.

Security New hardware, machine learning, and AI, are all being used by Verizon to ensure security is improved ahead of its nationwide 5G roll-out in the US.

Hardware Emerging 5G technology won’t just transform mobile devices, but will also enable home and business users to benefit from 5G broadband via Fixed Wireless Access (FWA).

Phones At the company’s recent LifeUnstoppable virtual event, Samsung announced what is expected to be its cheapest 5G phone.

Networks EE has launched the ‘Full Works Plan For iPhone’, including 5G, exclusive Apple content, and the option to upgrade to a new phone at any point in the contract.

Training Nokia has announced a series of qualifications to certify industry professionals on end-to-end 5G networks, from network access to application management.

Report A new report from global crowdsourced data company, Tutela, showcases the impact of mid-band 5G deployments in a selection of countries.

Report In a new report from mobile testing company Opensignal, the UK’s 5G experience has been called out as the worst of the 12 countries it measured.

Regulation The FCC’s “milestone” 5G mid-band auction has now ended, with 271 bidders snapping up more than 20,000 Priority Access Licenses.

Networks Virtualizing the entire network from the core to the edge will remove vendor dependence, enabling MNOs to choose general purpose, off-the-shelf hardware.

Research Howard University physics professor Thomas Searles has won a three-year grant to study quantum communications that will take us beyond 5G.

Security The GSMA hopes to promote a ‘security-by-design culture’, but will validating Huawei’s 5G equipment as secure lead to further confusion amongst network operators?