Will China build a 5G base station next year?

Technicians from China Mobile check a 5G base station in Tongling, Anhui province. [Photo by Guo Shining/For China Daily] China aims to build over 4.5 million 5G base stations next year and give more policy as well as financial support to foster industries that can define the next decade, the country's top industry regulator said on Friday.

How many base stations will China Mobile and China Broadcasting Network build?

(Yicai Global) March 10 -- Telecoms carriers China Mobile and China Broadcasting Network plan to complete the construction of 400,000 700 megahertz fifth-generation base stations by the end of this year, China Mobile said at a press conference today, according to The Paper.

Which country is cooperating with China Mobile on 5G?

Founded in 2014, Beijing-based CBN is the most recently established, so lacks users and infrastructure, which is partly why it is cooperating with China Mobile on 5G. China Unicom and China Telecom had also hoped to participate in 5G construction with the 700 MHz frequency band.

What is China mobile's 5G partnership with CBN?

Prior to this, the pair had reached a 5G strategic cooperation agreement on Jan. 26 to launch joint construction and sharing of a 700 MHz 5G network, with each party investing half for the new construction, expansion and renovation. Meanwhile, China Mobile will share its 2.6 gigahertz 5G network with CBN for a fee.

How many 5G phone subscriptions are there in China?

China’s 5G mobile phone subscriptions surpassed 1 billion by the end of November, local press reported, citing data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The 5G subscriptions now represent 56% of all mobile lines in China, reflecting a 9.4 percentage point increase compared to the previous year.

Who are China's 5G operators?

Chinese main operators are China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom. In addition to its expected expansion in the 5G field, China noted that it is also set to begin trials for 10-gigabit optical networks and enhance computing power infrastructure, reflecting the growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.