 Hi Voornaam
On this particular occasion I decided to go deep into a a subject that has been a source of both fascination and frustration for me - the geopolitical intrusion into the global 5G rollouts.
As 2020 draws to a close, at some future time perhaps we may view this rather remarkable period as the year of hysteria, hypocrisy, and cognitive dissonance. No, I'm not talking about Covid-19 but the wilful decimation of Australia's and indeed the rest of the world's 5G strategy.
Rarely does a headline cause my hackles to rise but one that appeared in the Telegraph UK actually threatened to make me ill. The article, penned by columnist Juliet Samuels, was titled 'Germany’s prevarication on Huawei 5G is bleak news for the free world'.
As always, there is a plethora of more information in the list of stories below and a couple of orders of magnitude more on wirefreez.com!
Best regards
Stan Beer
Editor in Chief 
As 2020 draws to a close, at some future time perhaps we may view this rather remarkable period as the year of hysteria, hypocrisy, and cognitive dissonance. No, I'm not talking about Covid-19 but the wilful decimation of Australia's 5G strategy. 
Rarely does a headline cause my hackles to rise but one that appeared in the Telegraph UK actually threatened to make me ill. The article, penned by columnist Juliet Samuels, was titled 'Germany’s prevarication on Huawei 5G is bleak news for the free world'.
Delaying the rollout to rural areas until after urban regions have coverage will threaten the global competitiveness of Australian farmers with no rural 5G coverage, according to a new report by UK-based telecoms research company OMDIA. The report was jointly commissioned by TelSoc (Telecommunications Association) and Huawei Australia.
Giant Japanese telecoms and Internet services provider Softbank has selected Finnish wireless software and equipment provider Nokia to implement a standalone 5G Core. The Softbank deal comes on the back of an agreement announced in late October, for Nokia to supply Swedish multinational telecoms operator Telia with a standalone 5G Core ...
Reliance Jio today announced that it will roll-out 5G services in India in the second half of 2021. The announcement was made by the company’s CEO, Mukesh Ambani (Asia’s richest man) at the fourth annual (online this year due to COVID-19) of the India Mobile Congress.
Finnish telecommunications equipment provider Nokia has claimed a feather in its cap after being appointed as the project leader of the EU 6G Hexa-X initiative, ahead of fellow Nordic telecoms rival Ericsson.
Hexa-X is the European Commission’s 6G flagship initiative for research that will drive the EU's overall 6G vision.
5G semiconductor leader, Qualcomm Technologies, has teamed with telecoms operator LG Uplus and smartphone maker LG Electronics to deploy South Korea’s first 5G mmWave network using a commercial 5G smartphone at the Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT).
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