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Vodafone Hutchison Australia partners with Nokia to kick off 5G rollout

Vodafone Hutchison Australia partners with Nokia to kick off 5G rolloutThe 5G drive comes as the joint venture is caught in a legal appeal process against an antitrust regulator's move to block its proposed A$15 billion mega-merger with TPG Telecom Ltd . In a joint statement, the companies said Vodafone Hutchison Australia, the 50-50 joint venture, would kick off its 5G rollout in the first half of 2020 with Nokia as the network vendor.




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