Brussels, 01/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - On the sidelines of a bilateral summit on 29 May in Tokyo, the EU and Japan concluded a new agreement for stepping up their cooperation in the 5G mobile phone area, as well as another agreement on increasing their cooperation in the research and innovation field.
The new cooperation agreement on developing the 5th generation mobile telecommunications network seeks to facilitate the elaboration of global standards and identify new harmonised radio band frequencies for 5G spectrum and cooperate on future 5G applications in areas like connected cars or e-health. Together, the partners will also invest €12 million during the next two years in 5G-related projects to help develop the Internet of Things, Cloud or Big Data platforms.
At the same time, the two partners agreed on deepening their cooperation in the research and innovation field by way of an agreement on building stronger research ties in areas like ICT and aeronautics and strengthening collaboration in health and medical research, environment, energy and physics.
The agreement will build on the strong research ties in areas like ICT and aeronautics and strengthen collaboration in health and medical research, environment, energy and physics. The partners will also set up a joint funding mechanism that will make it easier to finance common R&I projects and collaborate more closely on policy aspects, like Open Science. In addition, an agreement to stimulate scientific exchanges has also been signed between the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the European Research Council (ERC). (Emmanuel Hagry)