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The real estate market continues to slip

China's real estate buyers do not yet trust the market. Sales are declining. Numerous listed companies are forced to withdraw from the stock markets because no one wants to invest anymore.

By Frank Sieren

January 29, 2021, Tokyo, Japan - Japan s e-commerce giant Rakuten president Hiroshi Mikitani announces the new price plan for the company s Rakuten Mobile smart phone in Tokyo on Friday, January 29, 2021. Rakuten Mobile s monthly charge is free for up to 1GB users while 980 yen for 1 to 3 GB users and 1,980 yen for less than 20GB users from April. PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxJPN 153005620

1&1 builds its network with Open RAN instead of Huawei

Mobile operator 1 1 plans to build a new 5G network entirely without Huawei components. The company is partnering with Japan's Rakuten for this purpose. This shows that it is possible to proceed without relying on the Chinese company. However, for established providers, such a conversion would be very costly.

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