Chinese telecoms vendor, ZTE announced the opening of a new Research and Development Center in Tokyo to focus on the development of 5G and other next-generation network technologies. The new R&D center will support ZTE’s partnerships with operators and academic institutions in Japan on the deployment of ZTE’s proprietary Pre5G technology and ongoing research on 4G and 5G mobile communications.
In July, ZTE announced the signing of an MOU with SoftBank for collaboration on research and development on Pre5G mobile communications networks technology. Under the MOU, ZTE and SoftBank agreed to cooperate on R&D, evaluation and verification of mobile communications solutions based on ZTE’s Pre5G technology, including Massive MIMO (multiple input multiple output).
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