Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have already launched the service in the UK

Becomes the second UK operator to do so, after Vodafone

A 5G Standalone launch is also on its way

An array of information will be processed at the Edge of the network

First of its kind in Ireland

Claims to be first in Portugal

Ericsson has helped to deploy the network

Claims to be the first in Hungary

Touts network slicing, Massive MIMO, and time-critical communications

Invites applicants to bid for funding

KPN will gradually introduce the technology from next year

The duo will create a network slice on Vodafone’s public 5G SA network

Has already deployed several MPNs across the UK

Four cities will get the service to kick things off

Will be deployed via Mavenir’s cloud automation for telco framework

And plans to decommission 2G and 3G by 2028

Nokia's R&D arm Bell Labs will design the telco's planned 5G SA network

The operator worked with Ericsson and Red Hat

It can work on any cloud too

Claims to be world-first intercontinental 5G Standalone roaming connection

Begins the transition towards "real 5G"

Mavenir's Converged Packet Core is powering the telco's Standalone 5G network in Germany

Both claim the launch to be the world’s first commercial 5G SA network with network slicing for Fixed Wireless Access

The NZ telco worked with Mavenir, AWS, Nokia, and Oppo to test two proof-of-concepts for Standalone 5G