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NTT DOCOMO ’ s 5G network achieves max download speeds of 4.1 Gbps . |
NTT DOCOMO launches standalone 5G services and begins the transition away from its NSA network . |
NTT DOCOMO achieves 55 % population coverage with its 5G services . |
NTT DOCOMO achieves 70 % population coverage . |
Siddiqi gestures to the window behind him , through which the last rays of evening sunlight are being replaced by the neon and LED constellation of downtown Tokyo . Less than a quarter mile from his office , Tokyo Tower glows against the darkening sky . “ The city behind me was built immediately after World War Two . The technology that was used to build it is 40 to 50 years old now ,” he says . “ What we have to do now is be ready for a new era of infrastructure . And that ' s where the NTT Group ' s technology becomes extremely important to solving the question of how a smart city in this new era operates .”
Backed by the Japanese Government , Society 5.0 is an initiative that focuses on the unification of digital and physical space , and 5G is the essential stepping stone between them . “ Society 5.0 is about achieving a high degree of convergence between the physical world and cyberspace . The way to achieve that convergence is to use a 5G network in between the two ,” Siddiqi explains .
“Currently , much of the focus has been on the mass market , but we need to think about how best to expand 5G in the enterprise market as well ”
HISAKAZU TSUBOYA SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER , NTT DOCOMO , INC . datacentremagazine . com 115