KROES: TAKE 5G TO NEXT LEVEL BY 2015.

• Position: Neelie Kroes - Brief article

Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes challenged telecoms operators to reach an agreement to have an agenda for the launch of 5G services "by the end of 2015". "Let's find a global consensus on the scope of 5G, its main technological constituents and the timetable for putting it in place," she said, on 24 February, during the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona. The EU has already put 700 million on the table for research and development in this area through the 5GPPP association...