LONDON – Huawei, Samsung and other communications vendors said they will support research at the University of Surrey on fifth-generation (5G) mobile communications technology.
The companies will provide about $56 million to create a 5G research center on the university's campus in Guildford, England.
Most of the funding is coming from mobile operators and infrastructure providers, including Huawei, Samsung, Telefonica Europe, Fujitsu Laboratories Europe, Rohde & Schwarz and Aircom International. The U.K. government is providing about $18 million through it's U.K. Research Partnership Investment Fund.
The research funds are intended to launch a 5G center that would stimulate expansion in U.K. telecommunications R&D, innovation and the provision of broadband mobile Internet services. The expectation is that early adoption of 5G will eventually generate economic growth.
