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China to build more than 600,000 new 5G base stations in 2021
China will accelerate 5G coverage in major cities and build more than 600,000 new 5G base stations in 2021, Chinese Minister ofย Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Xiao Yaqing said on Monday.
OPPO establishes first overseas 5G innovation lab in India
OPPO today announced the establishment of a 5G Innovation Lab at its R&D center in Hyderabad, India, to focus on core product technology development in the 5G connected ecosystem.
Beijing to use 5G technology to shorten minimum time interval of subway trains by 10%
Beijing will build the first smart metro demonstration line and will study the use of 5G technology to improve train operation efficiency and system reliability so that the minimum travel interval during peak periods can be reduced by more than 10%.
China's three major carriers will soon launch shared platform for handling 5G messaging
The commercialization of 5G messaging will be based on interoperability, with the three carriers sharing a messaging platform and unified settlement at the end of each year based on their respective access volumes.
Huawei exec says 5.5G is next step for wireless communications industry
The next step in the wireless communications industry vision is 5.5G, which is an enhancement and extension of the 5G scenario to meet the demand for moving from the Internet of Everything to the Smart Connect of Everything.
China has built 718,000 5G base stations, most in the world
As of late September, the cumulative number of terminal connections for 5G users in China had exceeded 100 million.
5G phones account for 68% of China's November mobile phone shipments
In November, China shipped 20.13 million 5G phones, accounting for 68.1% of all cell phone shipments in the same period, according to data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), a government think tank.
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 888 5G flagship processor with X60 baseband integration
The 888 sounds like Fafafa (fortune, fortune, fortune) in Chinese, which means wealth and prosperity in Chinese culture, so it should be very popular with Chinese handset makers.
China Unicom exec says 5G millimeter wave trials conducted, with speeds up to 9Gbps
China Unicom and China Telecom are working together to explore the possibility of building the world's largest shared network.
Report says China's 5G packages have dropped to under $15
The price of 5G cell phones in China has fallen sharply, and 5G package prices have also fallen to less than RMB 100 (about $15), according to the blue paper "China Internet Development Report 2020" released Monday.