China Mobile-Tencent JV had been initially approved by China’s market regulator in November 2022
Chinese internet company Tencent Holdings and China Unicom have officially formed a joint venture with a registered capital of CNY300 million ($43.4 million), Chinese press reported.
The JV was initially approved by...
Operators in China recorded a net gain of 59.17 million 5G subscribers in March
China ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 2.64 million base stations nationwide, local press reported, citing Zhao Zhiguo, a spokesperson at the country’s Ministry of Industry...
Chinese operators had deployed a total of 2.29 million 5G base stations nationwide as of the end of November
Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 59.17 million 5G subscribers in March, according to the operators’ latest available statistics.
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in...
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China Tower said its net profit in the first quarter climbed 15% year-on-year to CNY2.50 billion
China Tower ended the first quarter of this year with a total of 2.06 million towers under management, after a new addition of 7,000 sites during the period.
In...
China Mobile said its revenue from the 5G dedicated network segment grew 107.4% year-on-year in 2022
China Mobile had signed over 18,000 agreements for 5G commercial projects across multiple sectors by the end of 2022. In a statement, the telco said that the total value...
China will formulate a specific 6G R&D action plan, and is encouraging local authorities to accelerate R&D activities around 6G-enabled industrial application
Chinese carrier China Unicom expects to complete technical research and launch early applications for future 6G systems by 2025, Hong Kong-based newspaper South...
The GSMA report also forecasts that licensed cellular IoT connections in China will reach 3.6 billion by 2030
China ended 2022 with 1.84 billion cellular IoT connections in 2022, a GSMA report showed, citing figures from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
According to...
GSMA said that the number of 5G base stations in China exceeded 2.3 million at the end of 2022
China is forecasted to reach 1 billion 5G subscribers by 2025, while the number of 5G users by 2030 is expected to reach 1.6 billion, according...
Chinese operators had deployed a total of 2.29 million 5G base stations nationwide as of the end of November
Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 25.76 million 5G subscribers in February, according to the operators’ latest available statistics.
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in...
Mobile operators plan to add around 600,000 5G base stations across China this year
China is forecasted to end this year with a total of 2.9 million 5G base stations, local state news agency Xinhua reported, citing the Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin...
China Tower said it added a total of 17,000 new towers last year
China Tower ended 2022 with a total of 2.05 million towers under management, after a new addition of 17,000 sites during the full year. In a release, the company said that total...
China Mobile’s overall mobile subscriber base at the end of January amounted to 975.5 million, after a net addition of 503,000 subscribers during the month
Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 16.53 million 5G subscribers in January, according to the operators’ latest available statistics.
China...
The city had over 64,000 5G base stations at the end of December
Shenzhen, a southern tech hub in Guangdong Province, aims to add 10,000 5G base stations this year as part of a plan to bolster internet connectivity and digital economic activity in the...
The total number of 5G base stations in Shanghai will reach 77,000 by the end of 2023
China’s main financial hub, Shanghai, will deploy an additional 10,000 5G base stations this year, local press reported, citing information by the Shanghai Communications Administration.
With this planned expansion,...
China Unicom added over 42 million subscribers in the 5G segment during 2022
China Unicom added a total of 3.27 million 5G subscribers during December, the telco said on its website.
The carrier also said it ended last year with 212.7 million 5G subscribers. China Unicom...
China Mobile has added a total of 227.2 million subscribers in the 5G segment during 2022
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 18.6 million 5G subscribers during December, the telco said on its website.
The carrier also...
Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 34.33 million 5G subscribers in November
Chinese operators had deployed a total of 2.29 million 5G base stations nationwide as of the end of November, local state news agency Xinhua reported, citing data from China’s Ministry of Industry...
In October, shipments of 5G mobile phones in China neared 19.52 million
Chinese 5G mobile phone shipments reached 173 million in the first 10 months of this year, down 17.7% from the same period last year, state news agency Xinhua reported.
In October, shipments of 5G...
China Mobile has added a total of 208.6 million subscribers in the 5G segment since the beginning of the year
Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 34.33 million 5G subscribers in November, according to the operators’ latest available statistics.
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator...
Shanghai aims to reach 77,000 5G base stations by the end of next year
China’s main financial hub Shanghai has already deployed over 68,000 5G base stations so far, with all its 16 administrative regions covered by the 5G network.
By the end of October, the...
China had a total of 2.22 million 5G base stations across the country as of the end of Q3
Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 24.75 million 5G subscribers in October, according to the operators’ latest available statistics.
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in...
Over 4,000 major commercial buildings and key public institutions in Shanghai will have indoor 5G coverage by end-2023
China’s main financial hub, Shanghai, is expected to have more than 77,000 5G base stations by the end of 2023, Chinese press reported.
This number of base stations...
During the first nine months of the year, operators in China added 795,000 5G base stations
China ended September with a total of 2.22 million 5G base stations across the country, state news service Xinhua reported.
The figure represents a net increase of 795,000 5G base...
