WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ:
ERIC) has been selected by communications service provider KDDI as
the primary 5G vendor for next-generation network deployment in
Japan. KDDI expects the first
commercial live 5G services to be available from March 2020, with more than 93 percent coverage of
5G base station areas specified by Japan's telecom regulation body by the end of
March 2025.
Under the agreement, Ericsson will supply KDDI with Radio Access
Network equipment, including products and solutions from
the Ericsson Radio System portfolio. These will allow KDDI to
maximize its spectrum assets and enable the service provider to
roll out commercial 5G services in several parts of Japan on their sub-6GHz and 28GHz bands for 5G
New Radio (NR). KDDI's selection of Ericsson as a 5G vendor follows
nearly four years of close collaboration on 5G between the
companies.
Chris Houghton, Senior Vice
President, Head of Market Area North East Asia, Ericsson, says:
"Having established our important partnership with KDDI in 2013, we
have now expanded our collaboration efforts. We are excited about
our involvement in KDDI's 5G network buildout, which will provide a
sound basis for our future collaboration as well as allowing our
partner to offer users a whole new generation of mobile
services."
Japan's telecom regulation
body, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,
allocated spectrum to communication service providers KDDI,
SoftBank, NTT DOCOMO, and Rakuten in April
2019 in preparation for the 2020 launch of 5G services. The
government ministry expressed its hope that the telecom industry
would build 5G infrastructure on a broad scale, extending well
beyond major cities into rural areas. KDDI reportedly aims to
achieve 93.2 percent coverage of the 5G specified base station
areas in Japan by the end of
March 2025.
KDDI and Ericsson have carried out a large number of joint tests
across a wide range of 5G use cases on the 4.5GHz and 28GHz
frequency bands, including the interworking between 5G and LTE.
The two companies have been collaborating on 5G since
November 25, 2015, when they
announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to advance
the evolution of the latest mobile technology.
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Ericsson 5G:
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