An attendee makes a phone call in front of a 5G sign on the opening day of the MWC Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. At the wireless industry’s biggest conference, over 100,000 people are set to see the latest innovations in smartphones, artificial intelligence devices and autonomous drones exhibited by more than 2,400 companies. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg
Phone companies are calling a partial truce in the battle to deliver fifth-generation wireless networks so they can help each other build the infrastructure without breaking their finances.
Carriers from Vodafone Group Plc to Telecom Italia SpA and Telefonica SA are signalling they’re ready to share more of their phone masts, equipment and network capacity to avoid duplication and make scarce resources go further.
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