3GPP goes along with 5G NR acceleration, so do most dissenters

The 3GPP has concluded its big RAN pow-wow by accepting the request from multiple telecoms stakeholders to speed up the development of the air-interface part of 5G.
Somewhat awkwardly referred to as non-standalone 5G new radio (NSA 5G NR), this is an attempt to get an early version of NR up and running before the rest of the 5G standard is, erm, standardised. It was proposed by a consortium of companies at the start of the recent MWC event but was far from unanimous, with Nokia, Telefónic