Currently, three Chinese telecom providers are working to roll out 5G services in the country which include China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom. It was previously announced that the two latter companies will join hands to share 5G infrastructure and they have already started pre-registrations for 5G plans.
Earlier today, Zhao Dachun, vice president of China Mobile took the stage at the 10th Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF 2019) where he talked about the current and future scenario of 5G penetration in China. He said that his company is currently working towards the target of building 50,000 base stations which will bring 5G services in 50 Chinese cities in the current year.
Furthermore, in 2020, this coverage will reach 340 Chinese cities and in the same year his company will continue to develop and implement low frequency bands of 2.6GHz and 4.9GHz which are considerably cost efficent. Zhao Dachun said that China Mobile will continue to promote 5G and 4G technology sharing, resource sharing, coverage collaboration, and business collaboration in an effort to build a 5G network that covers the whole country with advanced quality and excellent technology.
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China Unicom and China Telecom are yet to comment on the strong position that China Mobile claims they are currently at. Nonetheless, as previously mentioned, the two companies will share 5G infrastructure in order to facilitate high-speed internet in the country.
Even though the companies will be sharing the same infrastructure, their data plans, customer database and services offered will remain independent of each other.
All in all, it can be said that after South Korea and UK, China is bracing to become the third country in the world to offer nationwide 5G services.
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