Qualcomm, ZTE and China Mobile use the phrase ‘End-to-End 5G NR’ a lot

As the 3GPP RAN #78 meeting draws nearer there is an undignified last-minute rush by the telecoms industry to out-do each other over 5G virtue-signalling.
On 18 December this year the 3GPP will host a meeting in Lisbon at which it ‘freeze’ many of the standards that will comprise 5G NR, known in 3GPP circles as Release 15 (see below). This will potentially draw a line under the rampant speculation and opportunism of recent years about what will go into the standard and what won&rsquo