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• 5G will help autonomous cars cruise streets safely

  Years from now, your first autonomous may have a lot of help from 5G networks to cruise the streets safely.

• Optus rolls out 4.5G network in Sydney

  ​More than 70 per cent of the Optus network will be able to access its new 4.5G network within the next 12 months, the company said today.

• 5G progress at Ericsson could help enterprises work worldwide

  The Swedish network giant Ericsson will have a lot of prospective 5G equipment to show to gearheads at Mobile World Congress later this month, but the future cloud capabilities it demonstrates may be just as important for a subscriber’s experience.

• ​Optus, Nokia in 5G collaboration

  Optus and Nokia have agreed to collaborate on the development of 5G mobile network technology.

• Vehicle-to-infrastructure tech trial over Telstra's 4G

  ​​The use of vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technology running over a 4G network has been successfully trialled in South Australia.

• 5G will need small cells, so Nokia is sending in the drones

  If you want 5G, there’s a good chance you’ll need a small cell nearby to deliver it. Putting up that cell may be hard because of a host of problems, but Nokia Bell Labs thinks it can solve some of them with drones and tiny solar panels.

• The 5G mobile challenge: Selling a dream

  The mobile industry doesn't yet know what application will create a mass audience for super-fast, sustained wireless performance. That makes its 5G crusade a little harder.

• AT&T wants big mobile players to form a 5G dream team

  AT&T is hoping to collaborate with a powerful set of carriers and equipment vendors on 5G. On Wednesday, the company said it’s having preliminary discussions with an A-list lineup of players to align their efforts on defining the future standard.

• Korea's working on a cool combination: 5G and the Winter Olympics

  South Korean carrier KT has said it wants to launch the first 5G network at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. On Thursday, KT announced a successful trial of one potential 5G technology in that mountain resort region.

• As 5G approaches, 3G and 4G are still getting faster

  Most of the excitement at Mobile World Congress this month will be about 5G, which won't officially exist until 2020. But vendors will also be showing off new ways to speed up the 3G and 4G networks most people are using today.

• In Pictures: The road to 5G wireless

  A look back at the evolution of the way data gets from the Internet into the palm of your hand

• Parramatta launches Australia’s first free 802.11ac Wi-Fi network

  Residents and visitors in Parramatta, NSW will be able to surf the Internet for free at speeds up to 100Mbps with the launch of a new "5G" fixed wireless network using the super-fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard.