TOKYO -- The U.S.-led effort to exclude China's Huawei Technologies from global telecom networks proved the opening Nippon Telegraph & Telephone and NEC had sought to forge an alliance for 5G, a field where Japan has struggled to make a mark.
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Japanese suppliers have only a tiny presence in the global market for 5G network infrastructure. (Photo by Yoshiyuki Tamai)
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