５Ｇカバー率、３０年度に９９％　岸田首相、デジタル田園都市実現で

　政府は２８日、首相官邸で「新しい資本主義実現会議」（議長・岸田文雄首相）を開き、岸田政権の看板政策「デジタル田園都市国家構想」の実現に向けた通信インフラの整備促進を議論した。首相は席上、高速大容量規格「５Ｇ」の人口カバー率を２０３０年度末に９９％へ引き上げることを「必達目標」とし、早期に全国展開する方針を表明した。
　デジタル田園都市国家構想は、地方でデジタル技術の普及を図り、都市部との格差を縮める政策。地方にいながらさまざまな情報・サービスを利用できる環境をつくる上で５Ｇなど通信インフラの整備は欠かせないが、２０年度末の５Ｇの人口カバー率は３０％台にとどまる。（2022/04/28-19:14）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida set Thursday the "must-achieve goal" of increasing the coverage of 5G large-capacity ultrafast mobile networks to 99 pct of the population at the end of fiscal 2030.
   Kishida presented the goal at a government panel meeting to discuss his "digital garden city nation" initiative, aimed at revitalizing regional economies with the use of digital technologies and narrowing gaps between urban and rural areas in the country.
   For the initiative, it is necessary to improve communications infrastructure, including 5G networks, to ensure people's access to various information and services regardless of where they live.
   The 5G coverage rate, however, stood below 40 pct as of the end of fiscal 2020, or March 31 last year.
   At the meeting of the "new capitalism realization" panel, chaired by Kishida, the prime minister also said his government will make fiber-optic communications networks available at 99.9 pct of households by the end of fiscal 2027.