5G

As of September 30, 2020, China Mobile's total mobile customers stood at about 946 million, including 770 million for 4G and 114 million for 5G packages, according to the company's unaudited operating figures for the first three quarters released on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on October 20.

Swedish regulators announced on Tuesday the ban of Huawei and ZTE telecom equipment in its 5G network.

The first highly reliable 5G private network system for mines in China was put into operation in Zoucheng, Shandong province on October 17, according to local Shandong TV.

Tencent Cloud announced on October 14 that it has opened its first 5G edge computing center, which is being deployed to address issues such as lack of computing power and network latency that have long plagued real-time HD audio and video, smart communities, smart healthcare, industrial Internet and other scenarios.

China Broadcasting Network was officially inaugurated on October 12, making it the fourth telecom operator in China. Shareholders include Alibaba Venture Capital Management and State Grid Information and Communication Industry Group.

As of August, the combined 5G subscribers of China Mobile and China Telecom had surpassed 150 million, while not as many 5G phones have been sold in the country, and it's clear that some of those users aren't really 5G users.

Supported by the mine's 5G network, the first two open pit 5G unmanned mining trucks in central China's Anhui Province went online for trial operation, according to local media Anhui Daily.

On the main control chip of 5G wireless base stations and switches, the 7-nanometer chip developed by ZTE has been commercially available, and the 5-nanometer chip is still in the experimental stage, the company executive said on October 11.

Communication is the new and necessary infrastructure to enable smart driving, said Qin Lihong, co-founder and president of NIO, adding that the move from 4G to 5G is a huge step forward and will certainly bring a revolutionary change in automated driving.

Beijing's 5G subscriber base has exceeded 5.06 million, and at the same time, the city has also achieved full coverage capability for 5G independent networking, according to Beijing Daily.