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The year-long audit revealed projects in Spain were using Chinese 5G equipment - which was banned in fellow EU member Sweden (Photo: Ivan Radic)

EU auditors slam fragmented, sluggish 5G rollout

The EU deadline for the deployment of 5G networks by 2025 is very likely to be missed, EU auditors said on Monday (24 January), warning that the EU still has a fragmented approach to the use of equipment from vendors considered to be "high-risk".

In 2016, EU states committed to having uninterrupted 5G coverage across all urban areas and all major transport routes by 2025. But only 11 member states are on track to achieve this target.

While the EU Commission has been supporting mem...

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

The year-long audit revealed projects in Spain were using Chinese 5G equipment - which was banned in fellow EU member Sweden (Photo: Ivan Radic)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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