snoop1130 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 China's state telecoms to launch 5G services on Friday By Yingzhi Yang, Brenda Goh A woman using her mobile phone walks past a vehicle covered in a China Unicom 5G advertisement in Beijing, China September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s three state telecoms on Thursday announced the roll-out 5G mobile phone services, marking a key step in Beijing’s ambitions to become a technology superpower at a time when it remains locked in trade tensions with Washington. China Mobile’s, China Unicom and China Telecom’s said on their websites and online stores that 5G plans, which start from as low as 128 yuan a month, will be available from Friday, allowing Chinese consumers nationwide to use the ultra-fast mobile internet service. Beijing had originally said it would launch the ultra-fast mobile internet service, which promises to support new features such as autonomous driving, early next year. But it accelerated its plans as tensions with the United States, especially over its boycott of telecoms giant Huawei Technologies, heated up. “China will have the largest commercial operating 5G network in the world on Friday, and the scale of its network and the price of its 5G services will have a pivotal impact throughout the supply chain,” Bernstein said in a report this week. Authorities have said that they plan to install over 50,000 5G base stations across 50 Chinese cities in the country by the end of this year, and that big cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou, are already covered by the 5G network. Chinese companies from Xiaomi to Huawei have also unveiled new products in anticipation of the 5G roll out, with Huawei saying that it anticipates to start seeing a revenue uplift from the sector next year. Smartphone marker Xiaomi said earlier this month that it plans to launch more than 10 5G phones next year and that there was a fear in the industry that consumers would stop buying 4G models. -- © Copyright Reuters 2019-10-31 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavideol Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 10 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: “China will have the largest commercial operating 5G network in the world on Friday, they already fully controlled their citizens what more they want now.... maybe they will let competition in (555 just kidding it will never happen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMuhammad Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Blistering fast propaganda to your fingertips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Primarily to advance the powers the of the government surveillance state Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.