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| 2018 || September || {{w|Research and development}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} successfully achieves 25–27 Gbps download speeds in a 5G trial with {{w|Mitsubishi Electric}}.<ref name="5G Availability Around the World"/> || {{w|Japan}}
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| 2018 || September || Partnership || {{w|Nokia}}, {{w|Turkcell}} || Turkish mobile phone operator {{w|Turkcell}} announces an agreement with {{w|Nokia}} to develop 5G technologies.<ref name="5G Availability Around the World"/> || {{w|Turkey}}
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| 2018 || October 1 || Network launch || {{w|Verizon}} || {{w|Verizon}} launches new 5G fixed–wireless access (FWA) service, starting in certain neighbourhoods of {{w|Houston}}, {{w|Indianapolis}}, {{w|Los Angeles}} and {{w|Sacramento}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Verizon’s new 5G fixed–wireless access proposition aims to attract cable cord-cutters |url=https://www.analysysmason.com/Research/Content/Comments/Verizon-FWA-offer-RDMB0/ |website=analysysmason.com |accessdate=20 January 2020}}</ref> The company is the first to have a non-standards-based deployment, that is actually a fixed broadband network.<ref name="The Top Countries with 5G Deployments and Trials"/> || {{w|United States}}
| 2018 || December || Network launch || {{w|AT&T}} || {{w|AT&T}} becomes the first United States carrier to launch a standards-based mobile 5G network servicing a dozen cities, albeit without any 5G-enabled devices.<ref name="The Top Countries with 5G Deployments and Trials"/> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2018 || December || Contract Partnership || {{w|Ericsson}}, {{w|Tigo}} || {{w|Ericsson}} announces that telecommunications company {{w|Tigo}} has chosen the company to modernize its radio access network. The deal "includes the provision of a 5G-ready multi-standard network."<ref name="5G Availability Around the World"/> || {{w|Honduras}}
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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}}
| 2019 || September || Network launch || {{w|NTT Docomo}} || {{w|NTT Docomo}} launches pre-commercial 5G services.<ref name="5G Availability Around the World"/> || {{w|Japan}}
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| 2019 || October 8 || Contract Partnership || {{w|Ericsson}}, [[w:Telia Company|Telia]] || {{w| Ericsson }} is selected by service provider [[w:Telia Company|Telia]] as its sole 5G radio access network (RAN) vendor for Telia's next-generation nationwide network in Norway. 5G rollouts are expected to start in 2020 and extend through 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Telia Norway selects Ericsson as sole 5G RAN provider |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/press-releases/2019/10/telia-norway-selects-ericsson-as-sole-5g-ran-provider |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Telia picks Ericsson for 5G in Norway, plans to deploy spectrum sharing tech |url=https://www.fiercewireless.com/5g/telia-picks-ericsson-for-5g-norway-plans-to-deploy-spectrum-sharing-tech |website=fiercewireless.com |accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Norway}}
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| 2019 || October || Network launch || [[w:Eir (telecommunications)|Eir]] || Irish broadband telecommunications company [[w:Eir (telecommunications)|Eir]] launches 5G in Ireland with help from Ericsson’s 5G core. The network is expected to cover up to 110 towns and cities around the country in a number of weeks.<ref>{{cite web |title=100 additional locations will be covered in the 5G network in coming weeks |url=https://www.rcrwireless.com/20191101/5g/eir-5g-in-ireland-ericssons-5g-core |website=rcrwireless.com |accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Ireland}}
| 2019 || November 1 || Network launch || {{w|China Mobile}}, {{w|China Telecom}}, {{w|China Unicom}} || China state carriers {{w|China Mobile}} (CHL), {{w|China Telecom}} (CHA) and {{w|China Unicom}} (CHU) formally announce the rollout of 5G service, laying out their price plans and data speeds. All three offer 5G plans that start at 128 yuan (US$18) for 30 GB of data per month.<ref>{{cite web |title=China races U.S. pressure as it launches massive 5G mobile network |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-races-us-pressure-as-it-launches-massive-5g-mobile-network-2019-11-01 |website=marketwatch.com |accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=China just launched the world's largest 5G network |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/01/tech/5g-china/index.html |website=edition.cnn.com |accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=China switches on superfast 5G network |url=https://www.france24.com/en/business/20191101-china-switches-on-superfast-5g-network |website=france24.com |accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref> || {{w|China}}
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| 2019 || November 11 || Contract Partnership || {{w|Zain Group}}, {{w|Ericsson}}|| Kuwaiti mobile telecommunications company {{w|Zain Group}} announces having selected {{w|Ericsson}} to build its 5G network in {{w|Bahrain}}, with the first commercial 5G services expected to go live before the end of 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zain selects Ericsson for 5G in Bahrain |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/press-releases/2019/11/zain-selects-ericsson-for-5g-in-bahrain |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Bahrain}}
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| 2019 || November 14 || Contract Partnership || {{w|Ericsson}}, {{w|MTN South Africa}} || {{w|MTN South Africa}} selects {{w|Ericsson}} as a {{w|5G}} network modernization vendor. Ericsson would supply 5G products and solutions from its {{w|Radio Access Network}} (RAN), transport and Core portfolios, with commercial rollout expected to start in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=MTN South Africa selects Ericsson for commercial 5G Core and Radio |url=https://www.ericsson.com/en/press-releases/2019/11/mtn-south-africa-selects-ericsson-for-commercial-5g-core-and-radio |website=ericsson.com |accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref> || {{w|South Africa}}
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| 2019 || November 15 || Technology || {{w|Samsung}}, {{w|Hewlett Packard Enterprise}}, {{w|Openet}} || {{w|Samsung Electronics}}, {{w|Hewlett Packard Enterprise}} and software vendor {{w|Openet}} announce the successful integration of a cloud-native 5G standalone (SA) Core with multivendor interoperability. The test features the integration of Samsung’s control, user plane network function, and orchestrator with [[w:Hewlett Packard Enterprise|HPE]]’s shared data environment and network functions, and Openet’s cloud-native network functions software. A 5G SA core would allow operators to offer many of the new services considered paramount to 5G, including [[w:5G network slicing|network slicing]], mobile edge computing, analytics driven by artificial intelligence, and ultra-low latency networks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Samsung Completes Multivendor Interoperability of Cloud-Native 5G Standalone Core with HPE and Openet |url=https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-completes-multivendor-interoperability-of-cloud-native-5g-standalone-core-with-hpe-and-openet |website=news.samsung.com |accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Samsung completes multi-vendor interoperability of cloud-native 5G standalone core with HPE, Openet |url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/samsungcompletes-multi-vendor-interoperability-of-cloud-native5gstandalonecore-withhpe-openet--1316324 |website=telecompaper.com |accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Samsung Taps HPE, Openet for Multi-Vendor 5G SA Core Test |url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/samsung-taps-hpe-openet-for-multi-vendor-5g-sa-core-test/2019/11/ |website=sdxcentral.com |accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref> || {{w|South Korea}}
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