TOKYO -- E-commerce group Rakuten, Japan's newest wireless carrier, will partner with information technology group NEC to install roughly 16,000 low-cost fifth-generation base stations across the country over five years, the company announced on Wednesday. Nikkei had reported the deal earlier in the day.
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Japan's Rakuten and NEC to build own 5G network
Pair to establish 16,000 low-cost base stations, with overseas expansion in sight
A Rakuten Mobile store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district: The e-commerce group is mounting a low-cost challenge to Japan's three established wireless carriers.
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