Japanese construction giant Taisei Corp. and SoftBank Group Corp. plan to use 5G networks to run remotely operated construction machinery in land-reclamation projects in Japan as early as the autumn, the companies said this week, reports The Yomiuri Shimbun.
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The approach will be enabled by 5G, the new communications standard that allows the faster transmission of large amounts of data than is achieved with existing wireless technology.
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