KDDI taps Ericsson for 5G network deployment in Japan

News Wireless Japan 30 SEP 2019
KDDI taps Ericsson for 5G network deployment in Japan
Japanese operator KDDI has selected Ericsson as the primary vendor for its 5G 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 end-March 2025. Under the terms of the contract, Ericsson will supply KDDI with Radio Access Network equipment, including products and services from the Ericsson Radio System portfolio. These are designed to enable KDDI to roll out commercial 5G services in several parts of Japan on sub-6GHz and 28GHz bands for 5G New Radio (NR). 

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.

KDDI plans to achieve 93.2 percent coverage of the 5G specified base station areas in Japan by end-March 2025. KDDI and Ericsson have carried out joint tests across a range of 5G use cases on the 4.5GHz and 28GHz frequency bands, including the interworking between 5G and LTE. KDDI and Ericsson signed a 5G partnership deal in November 2015.

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