THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 30, 2022 at 18:30 JST
An event hosted by NTT Docomo Inc. to showcase 5G wireless technology (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The central government is now aiming to expand 5G mobile networks to cover 95 percent of the population by the end of fiscal 2023.
The telecommunications ministry presented the new target to enable access to lightning-fast wireless data speeds across the country in its latest infrastructure development plan announced on March 29.
By the end of fiscal 2020, 5G coverage was still under 40 percent of the population. The ministry aims to raise that to 95 percent by the end of fiscal 2023, then to 97 percent by the end of fiscal 2025 and 99 percent by the end of fiscal 2030, according to the plan.
The ministry is vowing to allocate more wireless spectrum to 5G to help accomplish its goal. It plans to grant the nation’s telecommunications companies three times more access to the spectrum for their high-speed networks.
The ministry also plans to expand fiber-optic networks to cover 99.9 percent of households by the end of fiscal 2027 and build five to seven large data centers in regional areas in about five years.
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