SoftBank launched 5G service on March 27, 2020 in limited areas of Japan . By 2025, the company plans to invest over $1.9 billion to expand its network to roughly 64% of the populated areas of country.
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Greenfield operator Rakuten launched commercial 5G services in late September 2020 in certain areas across six prefectures of the country. The service initially offered via Non-Stand Alone (NSA) 5G architecture, is already available in parts of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Hokkaido, Osaka and Hyogo .12 Eki 2020
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The indigenous 5G testbed project funded by the telecommunications department has reached its final stage and is expected to be completed by December 31, 2021 . After that, 5G services will be rolled out in India.
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TOKYO — Japan and the U.S. will work together to lead the creation of international standards in unmanned technology that uses 6G communications , aiming to keep Chinese companies from dominating a field expected to include self-driving cars and fully automated factories.
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The first country to adopt 5G on a large scale was South Korea , in April 2019. Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson predicted that 5G internet will cover up to 65% of the world’s population by the end of 2025.
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Japan is still near the start of the 5G era . Typically, mobile network technology generations last for at least 10 years. Three of Japan’s operators launched 5G just over a year ago in March 2020, while Rakuten launched 5G later on September 30, 2020, and to date Rakuten has focused on its 4G network build over 5G.
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