According to foreign media reports, Japan's Softbank Group officially announced that they will cooperate with ZTE to conduct field tests of 5G communication technology in Tokyo.

 

According to foreign media reports, Japan's Softbank Group officially announced that they will cooperate with ZTE to conduct field tests of 5G communication technology in Tokyo. Judging from the information obtained so far, the test of 5G communication technology will be carried out in the Tokyo circle at a frequency of 4.5 GHz. This time the test is led by Softbank, while ZTE is mainly responsible for the collaboration.

 

This is not the first time that ZTE and Softbank have cooperated. They mainly collaborated on the research and development of large-capacity MIMO technology. This technology is also the foundation of 5G communication technology. In fact, it has been put into commercial use in the second half of this year. Due to the good cooperative relationship between the two parties, SoftBank and ZTE have decided to conduct a longer-term exploration in 5G.

 

The general opinion in the telecommunications industry believes that telecom operators will not launch 5G services until 2020, and this is only the time to launch services, and it will be later than this for ordinary people to use this technology. Judging from the current situation, the technical foundation for 5G networks is already in place, and operators such as Verizon, T-Mobile, and U.S. Cellular have begun testing 5G modems.

 

Earlier, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said in an interview that their acquisition of T-Mobile is likely to launch a US$100 billion Vision Fund, hoping to build it into "the Berkshire of the technology industry when the telecom service market matures." Hathaway". Two and a half years ago, Softbank planned to acquire T-Mobile, but it was opposed by the anti-monopoly department and aborted. (Source: Zhongguancun Online)