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January 29, 2021, Tokyo, Japan - Japan s e-commerce giant Rakuten president Hiroshi Mikitani announces the new price plan for the company s Rakuten Mobile smart phone in Tokyo on Friday, January 29, 2021. Rakuten Mobile s monthly charge is free for up to 1GB users while 980 yen for 1 to 3 GB users and 1,980 yen for less than 20GB users from April. PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxJPN 153005620
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1&1 builds its network with Open RAN instead of Huawei

Mobile operator 1 1 plans to build a new 5G network entirely without Huawei components. The company is partnering with Japan's Rakuten for this purpose. This shows that it is possible to proceed without relying on the Chinese company. However, for established providers, such a conversion would be very costly.

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Minister wants to ban Huawei from German networks

Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser plans to force network operators to remove Huawei components from their systems. The background is a new sensitivity to geopolitical risks. As a side effect, the relationship with China could deteriorate further.

By Michael Radunski

China Wirtschaft Fotovoltaik
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5G networks and Big Data instead of roads and rails

Rising infrastructure spending is supposed to help China's weak growth get back on its feet. However, unlike the situation after the financial crisis in 2008, money is not being poured into roads, railways and airports, but into new power grids, cloud computing, 5G and Big Data.

By Redaktion Table

China 6G
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Vortex waves as the key to 6G dominance

Chinese researchers have announced a milestone in the development of the new 6G mobile communications standard. Commercial use is still several years away. But military applications could come sooner.

By Redaktion Table