Japan is expected set up a wide-area experimental network as early as 2022 to experiment with 5G O-RAN networks, Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported.
According to the report, the initiative will be led by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Japan’s leading communication companies. NTT Docomo, Rakuten Mobile and NEC are expected to be included in the tests.
Japanese regulators consider that Open RAN will lower costs and make Japanese companies more competitive against Chinese vendors.
