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Timeline of 5G

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| 2019 || November 1 || || China state carriers China Mobile (CHL), China Telecom (CHA) and 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 1 || Deployment || 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}}
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| 2019 || November 11 || || 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 || {{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 || || {{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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