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Some of the biggest names in the industry, including Intel, Samsung, ADI, Marvell, Nokia and Fujitsu, took the MWC stage to announce new developments in the field of radio access networks.

The annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade fair kicked off on Monday, bringing together global experts in mobile and telecoms to present their latest product innovations and talk about the future of tech.

Nokia Oyj and Samsung Electronics have inked a new, multi-year cross-license patent deal that allows the smartphone manufacturer to utilize Nokia technology in its products.

Australian telecom TPG has completed a 12-month smart-farming trial at the Tamworth Regional Livestock Exchange in New South Wales, featuring the automation of counting cattle which could potentially save farmers time and money.

The breakthrough ushers in the next phase of 5G on British Telecom’s EE mobile network, opening up new capabilities for enterprises and enhancing the overall customer experience.

Together with the NHS, Virgin Media O2 is creating what they call the UK’s “first 5G connected hospital” which is supposed to revolutionize healthcare.

Nokia has announced its partnership with Japan-based NTT and Docomo to start developing technologies that will be key to the upcoming 6G standard.

Hrvatski Telekom (HT) and Nokia were among the first in the world to test advanced 25G PON optical technology at HT’s Rijeka lab. This is the latest generation of optical networks that significantly enhances the speed of data transfer, and the speed achieved in Rijeka was 20 gigabits per second.

The world’s largest mobile event, MWC in Barcelona, was also the stage for new products from HMD Global, owner of the Nokia brand. Three new Nokia smartphone models from the C series have been introduced: the Nokia C21, the C21 Plus and the new Nokia C2.

Croatian telecom services provider Odašiljači i veze (Transmitters and Communications), aka OIV, and car parts maker AD Plastik have started the new year with the launch of the OIV 5G PrivateN-et network. This is a trial operation of a network that does not use the resources of the public mobile communications network. OIV says that this is not an upgrade on the existing 4G network, and Nokia has provided the equipment.