TOKYO -- Japan's Rakuten and India's Tech Mahindra announced Monday they will partner to test software-based virtual networks with an eye toward codeveloping 5G service.
Virtual network labs planned in Tokyo and Bangalore

Rakuten is expanding corporate tie-ups as it prepares to launch mobile service in Japan next year.
TOKYO -- Japan's Rakuten and India's Tech Mahindra announced Monday they will partner to test software-based virtual networks with an eye toward codeveloping 5G service.