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| 2018 || May || Network launch || STC Group launches its first live 5G network in {{w|Saudi Arabia}} (The first in the {{w|MENA}} region) after completing the testing and trial phase.<ref>{{cite web |title=STC launches commercial 5G services in Saudi Arabia |url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1515081/corporate-news |website=arabnews.com |accessdate=9 August 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Saudi Arabia}}
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| 2018 || June || Network launch || Finnish telecom operator [[w:Elisa (company)|Elisa]] launches {{w|5G}} (network only).<ref name="Race To 5G">{{cite web |title=Race To 5G: What We know About 5G From Countries That Have Already Started Adopting It |url=https://startupeuropenews.eu/race-to-5g-what-we-know-about-5g-from-countries-that-have-already-started-adopting-it/ |website=startupeuropenews.eu |accessdate=20 January 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Finland}}
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| 2019 || February || Technology milestone || A team of doctors at Hospital Clinic Barcelona carries out the world’s first 5G-powered telementored operation (removal of a cancerous tumor from a patient's colon), with surgeon overseeing the procedure at over three miles away.<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctor performs first 5G surgery |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/28/business/tech/doctor-performs-first-5g-surgery/#.XUofy_L0mUk |website=japantimes.co.jp |accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Doctor uses 5G to direct surgery live from a stage at Mobile World Congress |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/27/tech/5g-surgery-mobile-world-congress/index.html |website=edition.cnn.com |accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Spain}}
