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Japan enters the 5G mega-competition

NTT Docomo among those hoping to be ahead of pack by 2020

TOKYO -- Japanese telecommunications carriers and other corporations are racing to commercialize fifth-generation mobile technology ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The envisioned 5G network would feature data-transmission speeds of up to 20 gigabits per second -- more than 100 times faster than current 4G networks.

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