A joint venture has been launched to develop a mobile network to surpass 5G technology. NEC, Deutsche Telekom, Japanese firm The University of Stuttgart and other partners are working together on the 400 GHz frequency band to increase data transfer speeds at least tenfold compared with 5G speeds, and rival advances being made by Chinese firm Huawei. The project, funded by the EU's Horizon 2020 programme and Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, is aiming for launch in the 2030s. Researchers are primarily concerned with connecting wireless base stations in order avoid reliance on expensive 5G cables.
A joint venture has been launched to develop a mobile network to surpass 5G technology. The University of Stuttgart, Deutsche Telekom, Japanese firm NEC and other partners are working together on the 400 GHz frequency band to increase data transfer speeds at least tenfold compared with 5G speeds, and rival advances being made by Chinese firm Huawei. The project, funded by the EU's Horizon 2020 programme and Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, is aiming for launch in the 2030s. Researchers are primarily concerned with connecting wireless base stations in order avoid reliance on expensive 5G cables.