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| 2010 || Policy || The {{w|International Telecommunication Union}} decides that two technologies, {{w|LTE-Advanced}} (Long Term Evolution; LTE) and WirelessMan-Advanced (also called {{w|WiMAX}}), meet the requirements for a {{w|4G}}.<ref name="Mobile telephone britannica"/> ||
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| 2011 || Health || The [[w:International Agency for Research on Cancer|International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)]], an agency of the {{w|World Health Organization}}, classifies wireless radiation as [[w:List of IARC Group 2B carcinogens|Group 2B]] ā possibly carcinogenic. This means that there "could be some risk" of carcinogenicity, so additional research into the long-term, heavy use of wireless devices needs to be conducted.<ref name="WHO_IARC_110531">{{cite press release|url= http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf |title= IARC classifies radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans|work= World Health Organization press release NĀ° 208|publisher= International Agency for Research on Cancer|date= 2011-05-31|accessdate= 29 July 2019}}</ref>||
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| 2012 || Organization || The British Government announces the establishment of a {{w|5G}} Innovation Centre at the {{w|University of Surrey}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ccsr/business/5GIC/|title=5G Innovation Centre|work=University of Surrey - Guildford|accessdate= 29 July 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
