During the World 5G Conference in China which kicked-off today, Huawei Chairman Xu Zhijun delivery a keynote speech at the main forum. In his speech, he claimed that China has the ability to make the best 5G in the world.
He attributes this ability to several advantages that the Chinese market has, which includes local government support, industry participation, as well as consumer awareness among others. Further, the country also has the well-established terminal industry chain and 5G technology.
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He goes on to add that the world is sharing the dividends brought by China’s 5G development and he believes that the 5G industry has also boosted global demand for 5G network equipment and upstream semiconductor demand, and at the same time, it drove the development of terminals as well.
Xu Zhijun also predicted that China’s 5G users will exceed 200 million mark by the end of year 2020. He said that the introduction of each generation of mobile technology has been controversial, and there are no killer applications, but history has proved that these concerns are of little significance when it comes to larger things.
Currently, three Chinese telecom providers are working to roll out 5G services in the country which include China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom. Ahead of the launch, they conducted a pre-subscription drive which saw over 9.3 million users signing up for 5G even before the official rolled out.
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