It can provid­e data speeds at least 20 times faster than 4GTOKYO: Japan’s telcos were formally allocated 5G spectrum by regulators on Wednesday, a major milestone ahead of the launch of high-speed wireless services next spring. The three big carriers – NTT Docomo, KDDI and SoftBank – along with new entrant Rakuten, received spectrum from the telecoms ministry. LG unveils dual-screen 5G smartphoneJapan is lagging other countries such as South Korea and the United States that have already begun rolling out 5G services. One of the conditions from the telecoms ministry was to “take sufficient cybersecurity measures including responding to supply chain risk”. The four Japanese telcos will cumulatively spend just under 1.7 trillion yen ($15.29 billion) over five years building their networks.

Source: The Express Tribune April 10, 2019 12:33 UTC