BT, Ericsson square up to Arqiva, Samsung over 5G arms race

Hot on the heels of Arqiva revealing plans for a 5G trial with Samsung this morning, Ericsson and BT have also announced a partnership to develop 5G projects. Mobile phone and broadcasting towers biz Arqiva is best known for infrastructure broadcasting. Simon Beresford-Wylie, Arqiva chief exec, said the business has been " …

[Anonymous Coward]

Patchy 4G ?

"However, critics have said the move toward 5G is over-hyped, suggesting that the UK would be better served by addressing patchy 4G coverage instead."

And b0110cks to those areas still waiting for 2G and 3G coverage, a spokesman added.

TFIFY.

[Dan 55]

Re: Patchy 4G ?

That's because telecos stopped rolling out the current generation and concentrated on the next big thing. If telecos drop everything and chase 5G this will be more of the same.

[Lee D]

"Along with university research partner King's College London, Ericsson and BT announced a multi-year collaboration agreement on 5G testing and development this morning."

Well - that's that project dead in the water if KCL are the ones doing the backups of the research data...