Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – India is introducing a new strategy to stem China’s influence in the telecom and digital infrastructure sector. How to cooperate with Japan.

India and Japan will work together to introduce 5G wireless networks, undersea fiber optic cables and other technologies. Japan will accept Indian citizens to be educated to become professionals in digital technology.

The two countries will sign a memorandum of understanding in December 2020 between communication ministers, as reported Nikkei Asian ReviewTuesday (1/12/2020).

India further reduced its dependence on Chinese products after the border clash between the two countries in June 2020. India blocked 220 mobile apps from Chinese companies such as WeChat, PUBG Mobile, Mobile Legends, to TikTok.

This alliance will cover the use of 5G technology, which India has yet to commercialize, as well as the development and international standardization of 6G technology, which is expected to be rolled out in the 2030s.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced plans to lay an undersea fiber optic cable to link mainland India to the islands of Lakshadweep, located in the southwest of the subcontinent.

For 5G technology, Rakuten plans to export a cloud-based mobile network, which will reduce installation and operating costs. The company has opened a lab in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru to sell the technology to local operators.

HAPSMobile, a Tokyo-based subsidiary of SoftBank, is in talks with India’s leading telecommunications company to sell stratospheric telecommunications technology via solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles.

The administration of US President Donald Trump has tried to eliminate Chinese companies under the “Clean Network” program. A Japanese government official has said the United States will remain tough on China after President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January.

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