The UK Minister for Digital Infrastructure Julia Lopez and Japan’s Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Yuji Sasaki met in London on 4th March 2022 and agreed on several joint initiatives to support efforts to reduce the global overreliance on a small number of suppliers to build and maintain telecoms networks.
Both nations committed to greater information sharing on their respective policy approaches seeking to build a more competitive and diverse global market for telecoms equipment, including for 5G and future wireless networks.
They further committed to include deeper cooperation on research and development, particularly on open and interoperable network technologies like Open RAN, that allows telecom providers to mix and match technical equipment from different suppliers within a network.
The governments also agreed to share information and facilitate joint efforts between industry and academia in both countries to develop future communications technologies such as 6G.
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