Associate Directors Dr. Will Taylor and Adrien Cervera-Jackson discuss competitive analysis, economics of 5G investment, and technological developments in the US, Europe, and Australia in the recent Antitrust article “Collaboration and Combination Due to 5G: Unlocking Investment or Reducing Competition?” The authors:

• Discuss 5G’s benefits, costs, and trends in mobile network operators;
• Cover the impact of network sharing agreements on competition;
• Highlight lessons from Sprint/T-Mobile and VHA/TPG four-to-three mergers;
• Elaborate on 5G’s technological changes, such as virtualization, Open RAN, and BEREC; and
• Consider the impact that COVID-19 may have on the speed of 5G roll-out.