European 5G Trials

12.2016 – A1 Telekom, Nokia

A1 and Nokia demonstration of 513 Mbps, using 3CA in the 2.6 GHz, 1800 MHz and 800 MHz bands.

12.2016 – 3 Austria, ZTE

3 Austria and ZTE test on ‘Pre-5G’ Massive MIMO technologies using 4G terminals: capacity of radio cells by up to 6 times compared to LTE.

04.2018 – Proximus, Huawei

Proximus and Huawei carried out an outdoor trial of 5G technology in Haasrode

06.2017 – Telenet, ZTE

Strategic Partnership Agreement on 5G and Internet of Things signed. “Record” pre-5G speeds achieved in a December 2016 outfield test.

11.2016 – Proximus, Huawei

5G technology test successfully. Speeds of up to 70 Gbps reached using 73GHz frequencies.

02.2018 – Mtel

Mtel demonstrated 5G technology during a VR demonstration as well as balancing industrial robots

11.2017 – VIPNet, City of Jastrebarsko

VIPnet 5G test in the area of Jastrebarsko, using temporary licences in the 3.5 GHz frequency band. Throughputs of up to 700 Mbps achieved.

05.2018 – TDC, Huawei

TDC tested 5G technology using 100MHz in the 3.5GHz band awarded by the Danish Energy Agency

09.2017 – Telia, Ericsson, Intel

Tallink, Telia, Ericsson and Intel created a 5G test and exploration area at the Port of Tallinn. This is one of the first operational 5G trial networks with an ecosystem of partners, customers and consumers.

08.2016 – Tele2, Nokia

Tele2 tests 5G in the Baltics

01.2016 – Telia, Ericsson

TeliaSonera and Ericsson go 5G

04.2018 – Telia, Nokia, Intel

Telia, Nokia and Intel bring 5G to the factory floor

Nokia and Telia conduct Industry 4.0 trial in Finland leveraging low-latency and high-bandwidth of 5G technology

02.2018 – Elisa, Huawei

Elisa holds latest 5G tests, pleas for spectrum

Elisa starting 5G-ready upgrades in Turku

Elisa, Huawei test 5G in moving car in Helsinki

09.2017 – DNA, Omnitele

Extension contract signed “network design, optimisation and analytics services, covering all mobile network technologies including 5G”.

4.2017 – Elisa, Nokia

Test of pre-standard 5G using the 3.5GHz band in Rusko. Data speeds of 1.5 Gbps, latency of 1.5 ms achieved.

03.2017 – Nokia, Spirent Communications

5G Lab as a Service (LaaS) a platform for testing 5G.

09.2016 – Nokia, Sonera

5G trials in Helsinki. 5G-ready network using Nokia AirScale Base Station and a core network solution using the 4.5GHz band. DL speeds over 4.5Gbps recorded. 5G launch planned by Sonera with Nokia in Helsinki in 2018.

08.2016 – Nokia, Elisa

5G network tested in Helsinki. DL speeds if 5 Gbps achieved.

05.2018 – SFR, Nokia

Nokia completes 5G call on the 3.5GHz band in France

02.2018 – Bouygues Telecom, Huawei

Huawei and Bouygues Telecom Sign 5G Joint Innovation Agreement, with First 5G Network Trial in Bordeaux

02.2018 – Orange, Ericsson

Orange announces 5G trials in France and Romania

07.2017 – Free Mobile

Temporary licences in the 3.6-3.7 GHz received to carry out 5G technical trials in Paris, at Free’s headquarters.

06.2017 – Atos, Dell, Intel, Juniper, RedHat, Vmware, EMC^2

The Impact Of 5G On Major Events Around The World

03.2017 – Bouygues Telecom, Ericsson

5G trials, using a radio station equipped with active 5G antennas connected simultaneously to two mobile prototype terminals. Aggregated rate of 25.2Gbps on the 5G antenna, latency in the order of three ms achieved.

02.2017 – Orange, Huawei

Partnership agreement signed to cooperate on 5G and cloudification technologies (focus on Massive MIMO, cloudification, network slicing, 4G and 5G power and channel sharing within spectrum bands).

01.2017 – Orange, Ericsson, PSA

Partnership agreement to drive 5G technology for automotive applications, focused on “Vehicle-to-Vehicle” (V2V) and “Vehicle-to-Everything” (V2X) architecture. Initial tests to use LTE before evolving to LTE-Vehicle and 5G.

01.2017 – Nokia

Nokia and Orange Group collaborate to shape the future of 5G services

10.2016 – Orange, Ericsson

5G use cases and service scenarios developed, including technical alignment and external demonstrations. Building blocks, proof of concepts, and pilots across Europe from 2017 onwards, with use cases including: multigigabits DL speeds in suburban and rural environments (first demo reaching 15 Gbps in January 2017), MTC, ultra large mobile coverage solutions.

05.2018 – Deutsche Telekom, Huawei

Deutsche Telekom claims European 5G first

02.2018 – Deutsche Telekom, University of Dresden

Deutsche Telekom showcases 5G, EAN, smart home applications at MWC

01.2018 – Deutsche Telekom, University of Dresden

Deutsche Telekom, Intel and Huawei achieve World’s First 5G NR Interoperability in Operator Environment

10.2017 – Deutsche Telekom, Huawei

“Live 5G connection achieved in Berlin, DL throughputs of up to 2 Gbps to a single user device, 3 ms latency, using 3.7GHz frequencies range.

08.2017 – Huawei, Festo

“Huawei and Festo Sign MoU for Smart Manufacturing Collaboration with 5G Slicing Technology”

02.2017 – Huawei, DLR

Complex cooperative joint manoeuvres of vehicle platoons on highways and urban roads considered.

02.2017 – Telefonica, Huawei, Deutsche Telekom

3.5 GHz LTE TDD Massive MIMO outfield trial in Munich with 16 terminals simultaneously over 20MHz spectrum on the 3.5 GHz band. Peak DL rate of 650 Mbps achieved.

02.2017 – Deutsche Telekom, SK Telecom, Ericsson

Intercontinental 5G trial network between Germany and South Korea.

12.2016 – EE, Ericsson, Airbus, KTH, Create-Net

Tests of ATG solutions to be demonstrated in 2017. Infrastructure setup at Airbus in Munich, network equipment from Ericsson ICT Develoment Center Eurolab, including ground macro base station radio equipment products, a connectivity and virtualization “flight rack”, and 5G virtualized core network functionalities.

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12.2016 – Deutsche Telekom, Huawei

Demonstration of 5G technology with an E2E autonomous network slicing.

10.2016 – Vodafone, Huawei

5G tests combining low band and high band to test mobility in dense urban city scenarios. Using the C band, 1.5km cell coverage, 5Gbps throughput for a single user demonstrated.

07.2016 – Deutsche Telekom, Nokia, Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research

Development of a 5G test bed in Berlin, enterprises, start-ups and organisations involved.

04.2016 – Telefonica, SIAE, Huawei, Ceragon, Ericsson, NEC, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Deutsche Telekom, AT&T

Open Network Foundation – Wireless Transport SDN Proof of Concept 2 Detailed Report

02.2015 – Huawei, Bavarian State Government, city of Munich, TUM

Launch of 5G Vertical Industry Accelerator (5G VIA).

10.2017 – COSMOTE, Nokia

The first 5G network live demo in Greece by COSMOTE

10.2017 – Magyar Telekom, Ericsson

DL speeds of 22 Gbps using 5G New Radio demonstrated using 800 MHz in the 15 GHz frequency band.

06.2017 – Magyar Telekom

5G pilot network in Zalaegerszeg to be integrated into a “motor vehicle test area”.

02.2018 – Vodafone, Ericsson

Vodafone Hosts Ireland’s First Live 5g Test

03.2018 – TIM, Fastweb, Huawei

Rete 5G a Matera, accesa la prima antenna del progetto BariMatera 5G

03.2018 – TIM, Ericsson

TIM, Ericsson sign MoU to carry out 5G tests in Genoa

02.2018 – Roma Capitale, Fastweb, Ericsson

#Roma5G: acceso il primo segnale della rete mobile di quinta generazione

02.2018 – TIM, Ericsson

TIM, Ericsson e Comau insieme per il 5G nella fabbrica 4.0

12.2017 – TIM, Ericsson

TIM achieves record speed in 5G demo with Ericsson

11.2017 – Vodafone, Huawei

Vodafone and Huawei Live Trial Extends Range of Pre-standard 5G in Milan

10.2017 – Wind Tre, Open Fiber, Enel, ZTE, Estra, local universities and research centres

5G pre-commercial trials to be launched in the city of Prato, Italy. Use of 3.6-3.8 GHz bands, focusing mobility, safety, healthcare and smart energy applications.

09.2017 – TIM, Fastweb, Huawei

5G testing in Bari (Port) and Matera to be launched. First use cases mid-2018.

03.2017 – TIM, city of Turin

MoU signed. 5G technology trials scheduled in 2018 with 3,000 users.

12.2016 – TIM, Aliostar

Live tests of virtual radio access network technology elaborated in TILab in Turin and tested in Saluzzo. Virtual server located installed more than 60 km away from antennas in Saluzzo. Ethernet fronthaul connections.

06.2016 – TIM, Ericsson

Agreement signed. Collaboration on the “5G for Italy” programme, launched in 2015.

12.2017 – Tele2, Nokia

Tele2 Latvia gets 5G ready with Nokia base stations

10.2017 – Tele2, Nokia

5G-ready BTS deployed, using Nokia AirScale Radio Access equipment in cities of Ziepniekkalns and Talsi. Speeds of up to 1 Gbps expected in the short term, throughputs of more than 28 Gbps planned.

03.2017 – LMT, Nokia, Riga Technical University

First 5G connection station at the University of Latvia, in the city of Tornakalns.

08.2016 – Tele2, Nokia

Pre-5G technology in Vilnius demonstrated. Speeds of up to 4.3Gbps achieved.

03.2018 – Ericsson, Melita

Melita partners with Ericsson in preparation for 5G technology

06.2018 – 5Groningen and ESA BA

Dutch 5G trial initiative 5Groningen and the European Space Agency (ESA) Business Applications (BA) shall collaborate to support the development of space-based applications using 5G and satellite information.

04.2018 – KPN

KPN is partnering with customers and tech firms to explore the value of 5GEricsson selected as sole supplier for Vodafone’s macro radio access network including 5G until the end of 2020.

10.2017 – VodafoneZiggo, Ericsson

Ericsson selected as sole supplier for Vodafone’s macro radio access network including 5G until the end of 2020.

06-2017:  Economic Board Groningen, KPN, The Dutch Telecommunications Agency (Agentschap Telecom), Vodafone, Huawei, Ericsson, TNO, University of Groningen, SURF,  Hanze University of Applied Sciences.

“5Groningen is transforming North-Groningen into the ultimate testing ground for the latest generation of mobile internet. Entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations are joining forces with experts to test 5G applications. We are calling the pilot area the 5G Field Lab.”

11.2017 – Telenor, Kongsberg local government, Applied Autonomy (automated transport company) and Kongsberg Innovation

First 5G testbed in collaboration with Kongsberg local Government, automated transport company Applied Autonomy and the Kongsberg Innovation incubator.

09.2017 – Ice, Nokia

Speeds of up to 4.9 Gbps demonstrated.

03.2017 – Telenor, Huawei

5G through the E-band (in the 71-76 GHz/81-86 GHz bands) demonstrated. Max. speed of 70Gbps. Joint Desktop Study to be operated through the Telenor and Huawei Joint Innovation Center.

5G agreement focusing tests signed in MWC’17

03.2018 – Orange

Orange Polska plans to implement 5G network in 2020-2021

10.2017 – Vodafone, Ericsson

5G DL speeds of up to 20Gbps achieved in Lisbon, with multi-user MIMO and beamforming.

05.2018 – RCS&RDS (Digi), Ericsson

RCS&RDS (Digi) and Ericsson demonstrated 5G technology

02.2018 – Orange, Samsung, Cisco

Orange prepares to launch 5G in Romania

12.2017 – Orange, Huawei

Orange Romania and Huawei have conducted a live technology trial of a “Massive MIMO” solution in the capital city of Bucharest

06.2017 – Telekom Romania, Ericsson

Demonstration of beamforming and aggregate speeds of up to 24Gbps, in tests in Bucharest. Five different use cases displayed: 5G speeds, two cloud robotics and two smart city solutions.

02.2018 – Rostelecom, Tattelecom, Megafon

Rostelecom, Megafon to start testing 5G in Tatarstan in March

02.2018 – Megafon, Qualcomm

Megafon, Qualcomm test 5G in Moscow

11.2017 – Rost Telecom, Ericsson

Rostelecom looks to the old masters for new 5G zone

10.2017 – Rost Telecom, Nokia

5G pilot 5G network planned in Moscow.

06.2017 – MegaFon, Huawei

5G trials achieved in St Petersburg with speeds of 35Gbps and 2GHz of bandwidth in the 70GHz band 5G services launch expected in limited zones in 2018 (Football World Cup in Russia).

04.2017 – MTS, Ericsson

5G technology test on a prototype Russian smartphone, in the 14.5GHz-15.3GHz frequencies in Moscow, record data transmission speeds achieved of up to 25Gbps. Tests of usage scenarios and of key technologies (Multi-User and Massive MIMO, Beam Tracking and Dynamic TDD).

01.2017 – Vimpelcom, Huawei

4.5G and 5G agreement signed (LTE-U/LTE-Advanced Pro tested in Jan-March 2017, IoT and M2M to follow in 2017).

09.2016 – Tele2, Nokia

MoU to accelerate 5G development with focus on LTE-Advanced, 5G and IoT.

09.2016 – MTS, Nokia

5G tests resulted in DL speeds of up to 4.5Gbps using 200MHz of aggregated frequency bandwidth. 5G launch expected by 2018 (Football World Cup in Russia).

09.2016 – MTS, Samsung

MoU to “jointly explore and advance new telecommunications technologies” on the path towards 5G (advanced carrier aggregation, MIMO, LTE Broadcast, NB-IoT and LTE-M.

06.2016 – MTS, Ericsson

5G and LTE-U demonstration by aggregating two frequencies, 10MHz in the 1800MHz range and 20MHz of unlicensed 5GHz band spectrum – at Wi-Fi access points. DL speeds of up to 200Mbps recorded.

07.2017 – TIM, Rep. of San Marino

MoU signed to create a 5G mobile network in the country by the end of 2018.

05.2017

Telekom Austria Group, A1 Slovenija, Nokia  aggregated 35MHz of 2.6GHz and 20MHz of 1800MHz spectrum, as well as using 4×4 MIMO and 256QAM modulation, which  boosted the maximum peak data rate by 30 percent. At peak rates, A1 Slovenija reported downlink speeds of 877.5MBps.

04.2018 – Telefonica, Ericcson, CarMedia, EasyMile

Telefónica presents the first 5G use case with autonomous driving and content consumption

02.2018 – Orange

Orange Spain to trial 5G in 4 cities next year, hits 745Mbps in 4.5G demo

02.2018 – Vodafone, Huawei

Vodafone and Huawei complete world’s first 5G call using new NSA standard

02.2018 – Telefonica, Huawei

Huawei 5G Transport Helps Telefonica Demonstrate the Industry’s First 5G Slicing-based Interactive VR Service

02.2018 – Telefonica, Huawei

Telefónica and Huawei complete world’s first proof-of-concept test of 5G-V2X radio for URLLC assisted driving

01.2018 – Telefonica, Nokia, Ericsson

Telefónica leads the way towards 5G with deployments in two Spanish cities

12.2017 – Telefonica, Ericsson, FITUR, IFEMA

FITUR 2018 to anticipate future applications of 5G technology for the tourism industry

11.2017 – Telefonica, ASTI, 5TONIC

5G technology applied to ASTI Mobile Robotics’ AGVs

10.2017 – Telefonica, ZTE

MoU signed to create a 5G mobile network in the country by the end of 2018. “First phase” of a 5G transport trial in Madrid focused on E2E 5G, completed, by using ZTE’s new ‘5G Flexhaul’ transport solution.

09.2017 – Orange, Ericsson

5G tests achieved in central Madrid, Spain. DL speeds of up to 17Gbps and latency to under 1 ms reached using  MU-MIMO and beamforming and 800 MHz in the 28 GHz band.

09.2017 – Telefonica

Trial on novel transport solution for integrated fron-haul/back-haul networks – confidential

01.2017 – Telefonica, Ericsson, Huawei, Cisco, Lenovo, Canonical, Rift.io, RedHat, ADVA, Mahindra Comviva, Fortinet, F5, A10 Networks, etc.

First ETSI NFV Plugtest (23 January-3 February) at the 5TONIC laboratory in Madrid, Spain. 35 commercial and open source implementations tested for interoperability, including 15 virtual network functions, 9 management and orchestration solutions and 11 NFV platforms. Many engineers on site from diverse community of NFV implementers, including vendors and key Open Source projects such as ETSI OSM, Open Baton, OPEN-O and OPNFV.

12.2016 – Telefonica, Nokia

Test of XGS-PON FTTH technology as a potential mobile backhaul technology for 5G and for aggregated remote access node traffic. Symmetrical speeds of up to 10 Gbps delivered.

12.2016 – Telefonica, ZTE

Pre-5G’ Massive MIMO” live testing in Madrid on 4G terminals

11.2016 – Telefonica, Huawei

5G tests achieved using user centric and no cell (UCNC) RAN architecture. Latency decreased by 95% compared to LTE. MmWave, MU-MIMO technology based on 5G NR and Massive MIMO TDD technology achieved.

11.2015 – Telefonica, SIAE, Huawei, Ceragon, Ericsson, MEC, Coriant

First ever Proof of Concept for the applicability of SDN to wireless Transport Networks through open protocols. Test of multi-layer capabilities involving IP and MW.

03.2018 – Telia, Intel, Ericsson

Telia, Intel and Ericsson demonstrate augmented reality over a live 5G network

10.2016 – Telia, Ericsson

Using 800MHz of bandwidth in the 15 GHz band, demonstration of a 15 Gbps DL throughput. Launch of 5G network in Stockholm planned in 2018.

03.2018 – Swisscom, Ypsomed

Swisscom and Ypsomed test 5G in production operations for the first time

01.2018 – Salt, Nokia

5G: Salt and Nokia showcase mobile network of the future

12.2017 – Sunrise, Huawei

Huawei and Sunrise Showcase Fastest 5G Connection in Switzerland

07.2017 – Swisscom, Ericsson

5G trials in Zurich achieved using a single base station and two terminal devices. Peak download speeds of 10Gbps reached. Launch of 5G services planned by 2020.

02.2018 – Turkcell, Samsung

Turkcell, Samsung to collaborate on 5G technology

06.2017 – Turkcell, Huawei

DL speeds of 70Gbps using 71.5-73.5GHz spectrum achieved.

03.2017 – Turkcell, ZTE

Collaboration MoU signed on developments including GPON and 5G.

03.2017 – Turk Telecom, Nokia

Test of NB-IoT technology. Turk Demonstration in a virtual stadium covered by 5G in MWC.

03.2017 – Turk Telecom, Huawei

5G MoU signed to develop 5G technologies in MWC

01.2017 – Turkcell, Ericsson

5G network equipment tests in Istanbul. Peak DL speeds of 24.7Gbps achieved  using the 15GHz frequency band.

10.2016 – Vodafone

Test of 10 Gbps E-band or 71GHz-86GHz ranges in densely populated urban centres.

08.2016 – Turkcell, Huawei

MoU to cooperate on the development of 4.5G and 5G technology.

12.2017 – Vodafone, Ericsson, King’s College

Announcing the first live UK pre-standard 5G test

11.2017 – BT, Nokia

BT & Nokia prepare 5G demo in UK city Bristol

11.2017 – BBC, Arqiva, Samsung

“BBC contributes content to London 5G trial”

11.2017 – EE, Huawei

Demonstration of speeds of up to 2.8 Gbps using 100 MHz of 3.5 GHz spectrum and linked a virtualised 5G network with a 64*64 Massive MIMO antenna.

07.2017 – Arqiva, Samsung

PoC of 5G NR for Fixed Wireless Access as a potential competitive proposition to FTTH and G.fast. Speeds of >1.1 Gbps using 300MHz bandwidth at 28GHz (27.715 – 28.015GHz). Samsung end-to-end solution including mmWave RFIC with 16 antenna per RFIC (CPE has total of 64 antenna, base station has 1024).

02.2017 – Vodafone, Ericsson, Qualcomm

Collaboration on a 5G NR.

12.2016 – EE, Huawei

Partnership to explore various aspects of 5G.

10.2016 – Vodafone

Trial focusing LTE-V2X in the UK potentially Germany.

10.2016 – Vodafone, Huawei

5G test using high and low frequency bands for dense urban city scenarios. 1.5km cell coverage demonstrated in the lower C-Band and 5Gbps peak throughput for a single user in the high band.

08.2016 – EE, Nokia

Collaboration agreement on 5G (potential customer use cases, 5G trials, focus on mmWave radio and convergence).

07.2016 – Vodafone, Huawei

20 Gbps DL throughputs demonstrated using 70-80 GHz frequencies and a single user MIMO solution.