China 5G News and Developments

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Beijing puts 26,000 5G base stations into operation

(Xinhua) 09:26, March 16, 2020

BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Beijing has put 26,000 5G base stations into operation, with 5G users reaching about 800,000, according to the Beijing Municipal Communications Administration.

Beijing municipal government rolled out policies in the past year to support the telecom industry by slashing the expenses in carrying out 5G infrastructure construction, said the administration in a statement.

According to a report compiled by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the 5G commercialization in China is expected to generate a direct gross output of 10.6 trillion yuan (about 1.51 trillion U.S. dollars) from 2020 to 2025, plus an indirect gross output of about 24.8 trillion yuan.

Given the complexity of the current epidemic control and the economic development, it is an important and pressing task to expedite the development of 5G technology, said Chen Zhaoxiong, vice minister of Industry and Information Technology, recently.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2020/0316/c90000-9668558.html

 

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China Telecom launches around 75,000 5G base stations

(Xinhua) 10:17, March 25, 2020

BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- China Telecom, one of the major telecommunications operators of China, has put about 75,000 5G base stations in operation nationwide, industrial data showed.

Actively promoting work resumption amid the epidemic outbreak, the company aims at completing the construction of 300,000 5G base stations by the end of this year.

China Telecom will work with China Unicom, another telecom giant, to build 250,000 5G base stations across the country by the end of the third quarter.

According to the plan, the two firms will build 16,000 shared 5G base stations in Zhejiang Province in the first half of the year and 30,000 stations in Jiangsu Province by the end of the third quarter, while a 5G mobile gigabit network covering central urban areas and major towns of Shanghai is expected to be built by the end of the year.

The country will expedite the construction of "new infrastructure" projects such as 5G networks and data centers, shoring up information services for the new consumption.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2020/0325/c90000-9672244.html

 

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Guangdong To Invest CNY50 Billion To Step Up 5G Construction

XINHUA
DATE : APR 01 2020/SOURCE : XINHUA

Guangdong To Invest CNY50 Billion To Step Up 5G Construction

(Yicai Global) April 1 -- A total of around CNY50 billion (USD7.04 billion) will be invested in 5G construction this year in south China's economic powerhouse Guangdong province, local authorities said yesterday.

The total investment of the top three telecom operators in the province -- Guangdong Telecom, Guangdong Mobile and Guangdong Unicom, will exceed 40 billion yuan, said Li Min with the Guangdong Communications Administration at a press conference.

Guangdong plans to build 60,000 5G base stations in 2020, bringing the total in the province to 100,000 and covering more than 90 percent of the population.

At present, the province is speeding up the resumption of work and production in the communication industry amid the COVID-19 epidemic to support 5G construction, said local authorities.

https://yicaiglobal.com/news/guangdong-to-invest-cny50-billion-to-step-up-5g-construction

 

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China Unicom, China Telecom Kicked Off 115,000 5G Base Stations by May

LIAO SHUMIN
DATE: 12 MINUTES AGO
/ SOURCE: YICAI

China Unicom, China Telecom Kicked Off 115,000 5G Base Stations by May

(Yicai Global) June 5 -- Two phone carriers, China Unicom and China Telecom, have built 115,000 fifth-generation wireless network base stations across the country by the end of last month.

The pair is on its way to offer 5G services in 50 cities, China News Service reported on its Weibo account, citing China Unicom.

China Unicom is looking to operate 300,000 5G base stations by the end of this year to reach full 5G coverage in nearly 300 Chinese cities.

https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/ch...com-kicked-off-115000-5g-base-stations-by-may

 

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Beijing achieves full 5G coverage
By Xie Jun Source: Global Times Published: 2020/9/9 20:18:41

Nation quickening pace on transformation

People look at an unmanned delivery vehicle at the booth of Meituan at the comprehensive exhibition area of the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 8, 2020. Chinese enterprises demonstrated latest innovations and technologies such as 5G and AI at the fair. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)

Beijing has become the second Chinese city to be fully covered by ultrafast 5G signals, as the country moves full steam ahead on 5G mobile networks rollout, barely slowed down by US government's harassments or the coronavirus pandemic.

According to a statement released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Wednesday, Beijing has set up over 44,000 5G base stations, and the number is expected to reach 50,000 by the end of 2020. All these base stations have been connected to 5G independent networking, which means that the whole city is covered by 5G signals.

This is an example of how Chinese cities are rapidly pursuing construction of 5G infrastructure in response to the call of the central government.

Before Beijing, Shenzhen achieved full coverage of 5G independent networking with 46,000 base stations, making it the city with the highest density of 5G base stations in the world, the mayor of Shenzhen said at a press conference on August 17.

According to independent telecom industry analyst Xiang Ligang, China is not the first country to announce the commercial use of 5G, but it certainly is the world's leader in the actual progress of the industry, whether it comes to 5G infrastructure construction, 5G phones penetration or development of related peripheral products.

"The 5G industry has advanced in China with a speed that broadly exceeds market expectations. I expect China to be able to establish about 800,000 5G base stations by the end of this year," Xiang said.

As of the end of June, China's major three telecom operators, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, had reportedly rolled out more than 400,000 5G base stations.

Unlike some foreign markets where phone companies tested the 5G waters by twos and threes, Chinese mobile phone makers are in a rush to launch 5G phones in a whole range of product lines from high-end sets to phones costing only about 1,000 yuan ($146). Total 5G subscribers also exceeded 60 million in China.

Zhang Yi, CEO of iiMedia Research and a 5G mobile phone user, said that compared with 4G phones, he felt that internet speeds were much faster hooked with the ultrafast 5G network. For example, he can download a movie in just a few seconds using a 5G phone. However, apart from that, the 5G phone is not that special.

"Broader applications for the 5G era, just like what short video apps stand for in the 4G era and what WeChat stood for in the time of 3G, have not emerged yet," Zhang told the Global Times on Wednesday.

However, experts stressed that 5G is not all about personal consumption and entertainment. Instead, the potential is great for 5G to benefit China's real economy by accelerating digitalized industrialization and propelling manufacturing and services productivity - the exact reason why the US government is jealous of Huawei and has launched a mean-spirited attempt to skewer the Chinese high- tech company.

For example, 5G's low latency will make it possible for the operating systems of future cars to respond quickly and sensitively to any driving conditions. This would fuel the development of autonomous driving, which is not feasible in the 4G environment, Zhang said.

Bu Rixin, a consulting partner of Chuangdao Investment, said that the connectivity of industrial machines could be enhanced with help of 5G technology, which would result in better production efficiency or even the realization of Industry 4.0.

 

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China to build more than 600,000 new 5G base stations in 2021

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China will also focus on 10 key industries, form 20 typical industrial application scenarios, carry out pilot industrial 5G private networks, and release 5G millimeter-wave frequency planning for some frequency bands in due course, he said.


The ministry will also promote network optimization and upgrading to push the scale of gigabit coverage to more than 200 million users.

In addition, the ministry will also increase the App infringement of user rights and interests rectification efforts, to complete 1.8 million App testing.

China to build more than 600,000 new 5G base stations in 2021 - CnTechPost

China will accelerate 5G coverage in major cities and build more than 600,000 new 5G base stations in 2021, Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Xiao Yaqing said on Monday.

cntechpost.com