Commentary: The fast-charging feature that snaps into place opens up the possibility for an array of wild new attachments and could be more useful than 5G in the near term.

In the second quarter, almost half of the smartphones shipped in China had 5G connectivity, according to IDC.

Apple's iPhone 12 launch drew mixed reactions in mainland China on Wednesday, with fans cheering a 5G model for their favourite brand while others planned to wait for upcoming devices from local rivals like Huawei Technologies.

Chinese telecom giant Huawei is finding it harder to counter U.S. sanctions designed to choke off its access to semiconductors but can continue to serve European 5G network clients, a senior European executive told an Austrian newspaper.

5G will finally get its U.S. closeup with the expected debut of Apple's next iPhone on Tuesday. But the blazing speeds promised will not materialize for most people.

The Galaxy A42 5G is Samsung's latest mid-range offering

Orange and Proximus have picked Nokia to help build 5G networks in Belgium as they drop Huawei amid U.S. pressure to exclude the Chinese firm from supplying key telecoms equipment.

Nokia has signed 17 new 5G commercial deals since Q2 earnings announcement. With these wins, the company now has 100 commercial 5G deals with individual customers and a total of 160 commercial 5G engagements, including paid trials.

NXP Semiconductors has announced the grand opening of its 150mm (6-inch) RF gallium nitride (GaN) fab in Chandler, Arizona, the most advanced fab dedicated to 5G RF power amplifiers in the United States.

Telecoms company Huawei is part of China's surveillance state, complicit in human rights abuses, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday, as Washington renewed pressure on Europe to ban the company from fifth-generation (5G) networks.

Samsung Electronics has signed up Verizon as its first customer in the United States for its 5G products to increase indoor coverage, weeks after winning a $6.64 billion order for telecom equipment from the mobile network operator.

Intel is aiming to create an ecosystem for industrial IoT, which will be enabled by 5G.

The need for larger rechargeable batteries and more energy storage for 5G technology is expected to significantly boost demand for cobalt over coming years and potentially pit the sector against electric vehicle makers.

AT&T Communications CEO Jeff McElfresh said Apple's 5G iPhones, likely to be announced in October, may not be the frenzy some are expecting, as certain consumers choose to stick with 4G LTE service.

Qualcomm's bet that it can use 5G to bring AI inferencing closer to edge compute nodes may be about to pay off.

5G versions of the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4A are on the way

South Korean electronics veteran Samsung scored a big win this week when American telecom Verizon Communications selected the company as a provider of 5G wireless networking equipment.

Samsung adds 5G to its leading flexible laptop featuring Intel's latest powerful processor, 13MP world-facing camera and sophisticated S Pen.

An iterative update for Qualcomm's main laptop chipset at IFA 2020

A ring light? A huge, 90Hz screen? Motorola went all out this time.

Alongside a Galaxy Tab A7 tablet

But will the pictures be any good?

Apple is planning to launch four new iPhone models with 5G technology in October, according to a Bloomberg report.

Ericsson has achieved a significant 5G milestone by securing the company's 100th commercial 5G agreement or contract with unique communications service providers.

Russia is ready to co-operate with China and its Huawei on 5G technology which Moscow is currently trying to develop, the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday, citing Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The US is placing further restrictions on Huawei Technologies in a bid to limit the company's access to electronic components, preventing the company from buying computer chips made using US technology even if they were not designed specifically for Huawei.

HMD Global, the maker of Nokia-branded smartphones, has secured $230 million of investment from partners including Google, Qualcomm and Nokia Technologies, to help accelerate its development of 5G devices.

5G connectivity on a very affordable Android

On Wednesday, tech executives testified on Capitol Hill, remotely. You are busy, so here is my best summary of how this went

Qualcomm shares are advancing strongly Thursday in reaction to solid quarterly results reported by the wireless technology company and a long-term patent agreement it announced with Huawei.

Qualcomm on Wednesday forecast fourth-quarter revenue largely above Wall Street expectations, powered by sales of its chips used in 5G devices and reaching a settlement with Huawei Technologies.

You might get 5G and wireless DeX, however.

AT&T's 5G network is now available nationwide, making it the second major American carrier after T-Mobile to hit the milestone.

The British government has asked Japan to help build its 5G wireless networks without Huawei, the Nikkei said on Sunday, a further step in a global technology and security war between the United States and China.

The companies said they will collaborate on technologies that improve operations, optimize production quality and enhance worker safety.

Britain's decision to ban China's Huawei from next-generation 5G telecom networks is the latest blow to the global leader in telecom equipment and could help lay the groundwork for broader changes in the industry.

Corning and EnerSys have announced a strategic collaboration to speed 5G deployment by simplifying the delivery of fiber and electrical power to small-cell wireless sites.

5G isn't here yet, but that isn't stopping Samsung from looking ahead to the next, next-generation of mobile connectivity.

China is building tens of thousands of 5G base stations every week. Whether it wins technological dominance or not, domestic supply chains may be revived and allow the country to maintain and advance - its position as the factory floor of the world

BT and Vodafone have said their UK customers would face mobile phone signal blackouts if they are given three years or less to strip Huawei's equipment out of their 5G networks.