5G footprint increases in China

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A visitor tries out a China Mobile 5G-enabled device during an industry show in Nantong, Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Xu Congjun / for China Daily)

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 – Super fast technology users will exceed 700 million by 2024, says new report

Minapim by Hernan Valenzuela: China will see large-scale construction of 5G networks next year, with several applications of super fast technology, will be more than 3 million consumers in 5G mobile data packets by the end of this year, experts said.

The comments are part of a report predicting that China will have more than 700 million 5G users by 2024, representing more than half of the global 5G population by then.

Wang Zhiqin, deputy director of the Chinese Academy of Information and Communications Technology, stated in a government think tank that by 2020 China’s telecommunications operators will build large-scale 5G networks, establishing a solid infrastructure to expand the use of information technology. tip .

The numbers will mark a significant increase from data at the end of November, when the country had only 870,000 5G mobile subscribers.

China began marketing 5G on October 31, with China’s telecom operators implementing their 5G data packet plans. China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile subscriber telecommunications operator, plans to have more than 50,000 base stations by the end of this year.

China Telecom and China Unicom, two smaller companies, have also announced plans to work together to build a national 5G network as the country’s second and third largest telecom operators come together to reduce construction costs. By December, the two companies already shared 27,000 5G base stations, Wang said. china

The report predicts the commercialization of 5G in China, generating direct economic output of $ 1.5 trillion between 2020 and 2025.

Yang Jie, president of China Mobile, said: “The 5G butterfly has already spread its wings and will have a wider economic and social impact.” The company plans to attract 70 million 5G subscribers and sell 100 million of its own and third-party 5G smartphones next year.

Yang also said the state-owned company will invest $ 2.8 billion next year to build a robust ecosystem for the commercialization of 5G technologies.

Xu Zhijun, rotating president of Huawei Technologies Co., said earlier that China has the right conditions to build the world’s best 5G network and that the global telecommunications industrial chain can benefit from the country’s development.

“China has the best features in frequency spectrum and base stations. Consumers and local businesses have the greatest enthusiasm and willingness to embrace 5G. And governments have adopted favorable policies,” Xu said. It also said China is likely to have more than 200 million 5G mobile subscribers by 2020, and the country’s rapid development of 5G technology will benefit the global telecommunications and semiconductor industries.

About Huawei

Huawei Remains Leader in Competitive Assessment of GlobalData 5G RAN Scenario

According to GlobalData, a world-renowned consulting and data analysis company for the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, in the latest 5G competitiveness analysis in the second half of 2019. Huawei took first place in the H2 2019 and remained the clear leader in the entire 5G RAN portfolio.

Huawei has the industry’s most complete 5G Radio Unit product portfolio. A total of 94 Radio Unit products are supported, including 22 massive MIMO models, 32 integrated antenna models and 14 dual band models (referring to them capable of dual band operation). Huawei ranks first in all four dimensions. In addition, Huawei’s 5G RAN Radio Unit products support 35 NR bands, the industry’s most powerful support capabilities, allowing operators to better serve their subscribers.

Huawei has the industry’s simplest and most flexible 5G RAN deployment. In addition to clear leadership in traditional installation criteria (such as product weight and dimensions), Huawei also offers several new solutions to ensure fast and simplified 5G deployments. An example is the Super BladeSite, which solves 5G deployment challenges in cases where antenna space is extremely limited, as well as reducing reliance on location devices in equipment rooms and air conditioning installations.

Huawei offers the industry’s most powerful BBU capabilities. Huawei BBU products support 36 cells with a 100 MHz bandwidth in the sub-6 GHz and 36 cells with a 400 MHz bandwidth in the mmWave band. This high capacity of BBU puts global operators in a very strong position to cope with the increasingly demanding traffic growth in the future.

The evaluation serves as a guide for mobile operators in selecting 5G RAN vendors and a tool for vendors to assess their own competitiveness with products and solutions.

The assessment also examines trends and drivers of 5G RAN markets. The increasing data speed demanded by mobile users is a key factor for telecom operators to improve service experiences and avoid user churn.

5G’s extraordinary networking capabilities will become an essential foundation for driving digital transformation in vertical industries, which in turn will drive the additional commercial adoption of 5G networks. Fixed wireless broadband in homes and businesses will also become typical use cases as we move into the 5G era.

Sources: Huawei      ECNS Li Yan

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