The British government has reportedly been in talks with Japanese officials about 5G collaboration and how the country's providers such as NEC and Fujitsu can provide equipment to operators following the decision to ban Huawei from wireless networks. new generation last week. In a policy change, UK mobile operators will be banned from buying telecoms equipment from Huawei by the end of the year and will also have to remove existing 5G kit made by the company by 2027. The government has suggested the change it could delay the rollout of 5G by up to three years and add €2 billion in additional costs to operators. Ericsson and Nokia would have a virtual duopoly in the market for 5G radio kits, raising competition and supply concerns.
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To mitigate any long-term impact on 5G rollout, the government is looking to diversify the potential pool of providers available to operators. Reports last month suggested Japan's NEC and South Korea's Samsung had been identified as candidates. Nikkei said British officials met their counterparts in Tokyo last Thursday to discuss a possible 5G collaboration. Japan wants to see its companies collaborate with Britain's and sees the UK as a potential market for expansion. In the 3G era, Japan was sometimes referred to as the "Galapagos Islands" for mobile devices due to its unique ecosystem of phones and networks. Although advances in smartphone technology and the global standardization of phones have limited this perception in 4G and 5G, Japanese mobile operators have benefited from highly customized radio equipment from domestic providers that have a presence. limited beyond your country of origin. Traditional delivery methods have seen operators deploy integrated cell sites that include radio, hardware and software from a single vendor. This approach makes it difficult to mix innovations and is a significant entry barrier for other vendors. However, in the 5G era, most operators will adopt multi-vendor approaches, lowering barriers to entry for providers beyond the 'big three' and opening the door for OpenRAN technologies. Via Nikkei