At some parts of the world still do not enjoy the 4G LTE connection speeds, Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo announced it will soon begin testing the 5G mobile networks.
As quoted by ZDNet, the first trial will be held at the research center in Yokosuka DoCoMo this year involves six international telecommunication vendors, namely Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Fujitsu, NEC, Nokia, and Samsung.
5G connection speed is expected to reach 10 Gbps (gigabits per second), or about 1,000 times higher than the speed of LTE network in numbers ranging from 100 Mbps to 150 Mbps.
5G networks in Japan is scheduled to be started to be held for commercial purposes within the next few years, exactly in 2020.
DoCoMo will run the experiment in parallel with each vendor, are divided into several sections. Nokia handles testing technology and millimeter wave beam forming at 70 GHz frequency spectrum.
Samsung, which had previously been held 5G 1 Gbps trials in South Korea, will handle experimental technology in 28 GHz spectrum. While Ericsson outdoor testing at a frequency of 15 GHz with the new antenna technology.
NEC and Fujitsu join in trials at frequencies between 3-6 GHz. The Alcatel-Lucent will use the frequency spectrum which is already there, under 3 GHz for mobile broadband technologies and Machine-to-Machine.
In addition to Japan, the company SK Telecom of South Korea earlier this year have also been announced will invest 1.5 billion U.S. dollars for the implementation of 5G networks in 2020.
