NTT DOCOMO Collaborates with Global Technology Vendors for 5G Development

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Japan-based telco NTT DOCOMO has expanded its collaborations with top technology vendors to accelerate the development of 5G mobile communications. The company has partnered with five global vendors, including Intel, Keysight Technologies, Panasonic Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, and Rohde & Schwarz GmbH, to conduct experimental trials of 5G handset chipsets, measuring instruments, and multi-frequency-band control units. The collaborations aim to establish the 5G ecosystem with additional world-leading global vendors to promote R&D targeted at 5G deployment in 2020.

The collaborations are expected to include experimental trials of 5G handset chipsets with Intel, measuring instruments with Keysight Technologies and Rohde & Schwarz, multi-frequency-band control units with Panasonic, and trials and innovations on the 5G radio interface with Qualcomm Technologies. DOCOMO and its vendor-partners expect to begin technical discussions and various indoor trials at the DOCOMO R&D Center in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture within the current fiscal year ending in March 2016. The trials will expand to outdoor settings thereafter.

Key Takeaways:

  • DOCOMO has partnered with five global technology vendors, including Intel, Keysight Technologies, Panasonic Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, and Rohde & Schwarz GmbH, to accelerate the development of 5G mobile communications.
  • The collaborations aim to establish the 5G ecosystem with additional world-leading global vendors to promote R&D targeted at 5G deployment in 2020.
  • The envisioned collaborations will include experimental trials of 5G handset chipsets with Intel, measuring instruments with Keysight Technologies and Rohde & Schwarz, multi-frequency-band control units with Panasonic, and trials and innovations on the 5G radio interface with Qualcomm Technologies.
  • DOCOMO and its vendor-partners expect to begin technical discussions and various indoor trials at the DOCOMO R&D Center in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture within the current fiscal year ending in March 2016.
  • The trials will expand to outdoor settings thereafter.
  • The key findings and achievements will be shared with global research bodies and at international conferences.

Statistics:

  • DOCOMO has already collaborated with eight leading vendors in May 2014 for 5G development.
  • The 5G mobile communications system aims to introduce commercially in 2020.
  • The system is being developed for ultra-high-speed data transmissions of over 10Gbps and 1,000 times the capacity of LTE.
  • 5G will help address the proliferation of connected items in the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) and support the increasingly diverse range of mobile services.

Sources:

  • Cyber Media (India) Ltd.
  • Contify.com