EU digital chief throws €50M in 5G’s direction to help continent regain mobile lead — Tech News and Analysis

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Europe’s digital chief, Neelie Kroes, wants to fix the European Union mobile industry.

Still stung by the loss of her funding for ensuring the roll-out of high-speed fixed broadband across the EU, she wants mobile to take up the slack, and to that end she has thrown €50 million ($65 million) at 5G research and urged member states to get their act together regarding wireless spectrum. Kroes has a 2020 goal for the “delivery” of 5G. That seems like a tall order, although the proliferation of IP-connected sensors in the internet of things may well necessitate a shift to even more efficient technologies than 4G. “Rolling out today’s networks is important,” she said. “But what comes after? For the next global standard, and the next generation of technology, will Europe lead the world, or merely follow?”


EU digital chief throws €50M in 5G’s direction to help continent regain mobile lead — Tech News and Analysis