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5G users to account for 20% of China’s mobile base by June 2021: Huawei

Huawei Technologies expects 5G users to account for 20% of total mobile users in China and South Korea by the end of June 2021, Ryan Ding, president of Huawei's carrier business group, said during a presentation at the company’s Global Mobile Broad Forum in...

China’s 5G infrastructure push continues to accelerate

  China has already constructed over 690,000 5G base stations nationwide by the end of September, Chinese press reported citing information from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The government also said that subscribers using applications such as ultra-high definition video, cloud games and virtual...

China Mobile adds 44 million 5G subscribers in Q3

  China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 44 million 5G subscribers in the third quarter of 2020, the carrier said in its earnings release. The state-run telco said it ended September with a total of 114 million 5G subscribers, compared to...

China Tower’s business positively impacted by 5G acceleration in China

  China Tower’s business in the first three quarters of 2020 was positively impacted by the rapid deployment of 5G sites across China, the company said in its earnings release. The company said that a total of 345,000 5G sites had been constructed in China as...

China Broadcasting Network officially becomes China’s fourth operator

  China Broadcasting Network Co. was established this week in Beijing, becoming the country's fourth mobile operator, with a registered capital of CNY101.2 billion ($15.1 billion), Chinese press reported. China Broadcasting Network will provide 5G services in partnership with China Mobile, and is also expected to...

China’s Guangdong province reaches almost 100,000 5G sites: Report

  A total of 98,613 5G base stations have been built in major cities in China’s Guangdong region, Asia Times reported, citing a report published by the Guangdong province. In the first eight months of 2020, Chinese carriers have deployed a total of 61,625 5G base...

Ericsson, China Telecom complete SA 5G spectrum-sharing data call

  Ericsson and China Telecom said they have successfully completed what they claim is China’s first 5G Standalone (SA 5G) data call on a commercial network using Ericsson's spectrum sharing technology. In a release, the Swedish vendor said that the milestone was achieved recently on China...

China Unicom, China Telecom jointly deploy over 300,000 5G sites

  Chinese carriers China Unicom and China Telecom have jointly built and currently operate over 300,000 5G base stations across China, local press reported. Wang Xiaochu, chairman of China Unicom, said the decision by the two operators to jointly deploy 5G infrastructure across the country has...

Beijing becomes second Chinese city to reach full 5G coverage

  Beijing has become the second city in China to achieve full coverage of 5G technology, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. As of the end of July, Chinese operators had installed a total of 44,000 5G base stations...

Chinese telcos deploy over 32,000 5G base stations in Sichuan

  Chinese mobile operators had deployed a total of 32,681 5G base stations in Sichuan Province by July, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing an official report. According to the report, total investments in 5G deployments in this province already reached CNY11.32 billion ($1.65 billion). The report...

China Mobile adds almost 14 million 5G subscribers in July

  China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 13.85 million 5G subscribers in July, the telco said on its website. The operator said it ended July with a total of 84.05 million 5G subscribers, compared to 6.7 million 5G customers in January. China...

Shenzhen becomes first Chinese city with full 5G coverage

More than 46,000 base stations supply 5G in Shenzhen The municipal government of China’s Shenzhen announced that the city’s  5G deployment is fully completed. This makes it the first city in China to to achieve full-scale 5G deployment. The city had deployed 46,480 5G base stations, Mayor...

China Telecom ends H1 with 37.8 million 5G subscribers

  China Telecom ended the first half of the year with a total of 37.8 million 5G subscribers and expects to reach 80 million customers in the 5G segment by the end of the year. In the first half of the year, the operator added 33.3...

China Unicom, China Telecom deploy 150,000 5G base stations in H1

  China Unicom, together with rival telco China Telecom, deployed approximately 150,000 5G base stations across China in the first half of the year, the former said in its earnings statement. “Currently, China Unicom deployed a total of approximately 210,000 5G base stations in service, of...

5G deployments boost China Towers H1 financial results

  China Tower’s business in the first half of 2020 was positively impacted by the acceleration of 5G deployments in China, the company said in its earnings release. The telco said that a total of 215,000 5G sites had been constructed in the first half of...

China’s Hunan to reach 22,000 5G base stations by end-2020: Report

  Central China's Hunan Province has deployed a total of 13,586 5G base stations since 2019, and the number is expected to hit 22,000 by the end of this year, Chinese state new agency Xinhua reported. In the first half of 2020, the province built 10,986...

Beijing installs 5,135 5G base stations in H1

  China’s capital Beijing built a total of 5,135 5G base stations in the first half of this year, state-run news agency Xinhua reported. According to the report, Beijing will complete the construction of 13,000 5G base stations this year. By June, the total number of 5G...

Chinese telcos deploy 257,000 5G base stations in H1 2020: Report

  Chinese operators built a  total of 257,000 new 5G base stations in the first half of the year, local news agency Xinhua reported, citing data from  the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The total number of 5G base stations in China had reached...

China’s Guangdong Province ends June with over 78,000 5G base stations

Guangdong approaching 15 million 5G subscribers South China's Guangdong Province has already deployed more than 78,000 5G base stations as of the end of June, according to Chinese press reports. In the first half of the year, the province completed the construction of 41,401 stations, according...

China Mobile adds 14.4 million 5G subscribers in June

  China Mobile, the world’s largest operators in terms of subscribers, added 14.4 million 5G subscribers in June, the telco said in its website. The carrier said it ended the first half of 2020 with a total of 70.2 million 5G subscribers, compared to 6.7 million...

Chinese telcos already deployed over 20,000 5G base stations in Shanghai

Indoor 5G deployment also a priority in Shanghai Chinese carriers have already deployed over 20,000 5G base stations in Shanghai, Chinese press reported, citing Wu Jincheng, director of Shanghai Commission of Economy. “By the end of May, we have built more than 20,000 base stations, which...

ZTE sees accelerated migration to SA 5G networks in China

  Chinese vendor ZTE is seeing a rapid migration to standalone (SA) 5G network in China, because local carriers are already upgrading their 5G networks to 5G SA, Chen Qiong, ZTE’s CTO of Multinational Tier 1 operator business unit, told RCR Wireless News. “The evolution from...

China Mobile ends May with 55.6 million 5G subscribers

  China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, ended May with a total of 55. 6 million subscribers in the 5G segment, the company said in its website. In May alone, the carrier added 11.86 million 5G subscribers. At the end of January,...

China’s Beijing reaches almost 21,100 5G base stations: Report

  China’s capital Beijing has already deployed a total of 21,086 5G base stations, Chinese news service Xinhua reported. The number of 5G users in the city has exceeded 3.1 million since Beijing officially kicked off commercial 5G services in 2019, according to the Beijing Municipal...