Press Release: EU and Brazil to work together on 5G mobile technology

The European Union and Brazil signed on 23 February 2016 an agreement to develop 5G, the next generation of communication networks. The Commission also started work on an action plan to deploy the technology in the EU by 2020.

The agreement was signed between European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society Günther H. Oettinger and Brazilian Minister of Communications André Figueiredo at the Mobile World Congress ((MWC)) in Barcelona.

This agreement followed similar key cooperation initiatives with South Korea, Japan and China.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background Information: Press Release: ICT Research: European Commission and Brazil devote €10 million to cooperation in ICT research & development http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-ict-research-european-commission-and-brazil-devote-e10-million-to-cooperation-in-ict-research-development/

ESO: Background Information: Speech by Vice-President Ansip at the Mobile World Congress: Mobile as the foundation for digital identity http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-by-vice-president-ansip-at-the-mobile-world-congress-mobile-as-the-foundation-for-digital-identity/

European Commission: Digital Agenda for Europe: Towards 5G https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/towards-5g

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