(Telecompaper) Vodafone Hutchison Australia will start deploying 5G in the first half of next year, with partner Nokia. Vodafone CEO Inaki Berroeta said the company has been working with Nokia for several years and that the partnership will accelerate Vodafone's delivery of 5G. Berroeta said the partnership was the final step in a long process following the federal government's security guidance in August 2018, when it banned China's Huawei and ZTE from taking part in the rollout of 5G network networks in the country.