First 5G base stations installed in Tib
By Zhang Hongpei and Zhang Hui
Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous
Region's first three 5G base stations have been installed, with equipment
provided by Chinese technology giant Huawei.
China Mobile’s Tibet branch announced last
Friday that one of the 5G base stations, with a peak download speed of 530
megabytes per second (Mbps), became operational in Lhasa last Wednesday, news
site chinanews.com reported.
China Mobile installed the 5G base
stations at the company’s building, the Lhasa posts and telecommunications
school and at the office of the Tibet Post Group in Lhasa. The base station at
the Lhasa posts and telecommunications school is now operational, according to
news site tibet.cn.
Xiang Ligang, chief executive of telecom
industry news site cctime.com, told the Global Times on Friday that
construction of the 5G network in the remote areas of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
faces challenges from cold weather and high altitude.
“Electricity supply alone is a complex
process,” Xiang noted, adding that optical fiber tends to lack stability in
cold weather, but the obstacles will be overcome. “It is important to realize
synchronous development of 5G service between Tibet and other regions in China,
which is a move we've been talking about since 4G kicked in,” said Xiang.
The next step for China Mobile's Tibet
office will be to accelerate the testing of the 5G application and promote the
development of the big data industry and innovation of the Internet of Things based
on 5G technology in Tibet, which will enable residents living in farming areas
in Tibet to enjoy advanced modern communication services, the tibet.cn
reported.
“Transport, communications, and energy
are equally important in driving a region's economic development, ” Xiang said.
Source: Global Times/People’s Daily
First 5G base stations installed in Tib
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