Mobile telecom operators will get access to a key mobile spectrum band across Europe that will help them provide faster wireless internet, under an informal deal between EU states and lawmakers on Wednesday. The agreement foresees the coordinated rollout of the 700 MHz band for wireless broadband by 2020, which will facilitate the takeup of 5G, the next-generation mobile technology that is expected to support driverless cars, remote healthcare and billions of everyday objects connected to the internet. "The coordinated release of the 700 MHz band is major leap forward on the (European) Union's path to 5G," Guenther Oettinger, European Commissioner for the digital economy, said in a statement.