China vows openness, collaboration in 5G race
By Chen
Qingqing
China
has shown its open stance and strong willingness to cooperate with foreign
companies in the 5G era, in contrast with narrow-minded and unilateral
approaches of the US. While major companies embrace the spirit of free
competition and worldwide cooperation in technological development, the US will
continue losing stakes in the global 5G race, analysts said.
Major
foreign telecoms vendors and 5G chipset markets welcomed the latest issuance of
5G licenses in China, vowing to play bigger roles in the country’s 5G rollout.
“Ericsson
hopes to become part of China’s 5G innovative ecosystem, pushing forward the 5G
development in the country and sharing our successful business experience in 5G
with other countries,” Zhao Juntao, president of Ericsson China, said in a
statement sent to the Global Times on
Monday, June 10.
Nokia
will fully support China’s ICT industry as it has been doing for the past 40
years, and cooperation with multinational companies is highly recognized by the
Chinese government, which makes the company more confident in the healthy,
steady and sustainable development of China’s 5G industry, Markus Borchert,
president of Nokia China, said in a statement sent to the Global Times on June 10.
As soon
as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued 5G licenses to
major Chinese carriers on the morning of June 6, it also said in an online
statement that the top regulator will continue welcoming foreign companies to
take part in 5G deployment in the country and to share the dividends of 5G
development.
Chinese
President Xi Jinping also said during the plenary session of the 23rd St.
Petersburg International Economic Forum that China is willing to share its
latest scientific achievements, including 5G technology, with other countries.
Considering
the current situation, China retains open attitude toward foreign companies in
the 5G rollout, showing that the development of 5G is a result of global
cooperation, and China’s stance is in significant contrast with that of the US,
Li Zhen, an industry expert at Beijing-based CCID Consulting, told the Global Times on Monday, June 10.
“It’s
also part of greater efforts in helping boost the global telecoms industry. If
the US continues to isolate itself from global cooperation, it’s unlikely to
maintain a leading position in the 5G race,” Li said.
The
Chinese companies are among top five suppliers of 5G equipment including radio
hardware and systems. Huawei will lead with 24.8 percent in 5G subscriber shares
for radio access network equipment by 2023, followed by Ericsson with 22.9
percent and Nokia with 22.7 percent, industry news site telecomlead.com
reported in April, citing an industry analysis.
Fair competition
China
welcoming foreign competitors into the 5G market has more significance
considering the current situation. In particular, embracing Swedish and Finnish
vendors reflects the importance of China-EU collaboration in the 5G era,
analysts said.
“Europe
has capabilities in taking part in the 5G rollout, and it remains an overall
open attitude in working with China,” Xiang Ligang, director-general of the
Beijing-based Information Consumption Alliance, told the Global Times on Monday, June 10.
The US
rejecting Huawei and ZTE in an unfair way dampens global collaboration, which
will slow down the overall development of 5G in the country, he said. “Washington
hinders cooperation because it also lacks 5G capabilities except 5G chipsets,
which gives it little chance to collaborate with other countries,” Xiang added.
The
official release of 5G licenses is helping the country get into the fast lane
in the 5G rollout. Three carriers - China Mobile, China Unicom and China
Telecom - have been actively holding network trials while pushing forward
commercial use.
Shenzhen,
South China’s Guangdong Province - which is considered as a new Silicon Valley
- will accelerate 5G base construction. It expects to build about 8,500 base
stations by the end of the year, media reports said on June 10. The next
generation of wireless technologies will be used in different scenarios
including healthcare, transportation, education, and technology.
Attendees
at the upcoming WEF Dalian 2019 can also test how fast 5G networks can be in
few weeks. The venues for the forum are to be fully covered by 5G, and visitors
will enjoy superfast internet, 5G-powered virtual reality and 4K videos, local
authorities said on June 10.
China
Tower, which engages in telecoms power construction, said it has already
completed about 4,400 large-scale 5G base stations in Beijing, and the network
will cover crowded areas such as Tiananmen Square, the financial district and
the Palace Museum
Source:Global Times
On June 12, 2019, citizens in
Shanghai experienced the high-speed networks of various 5G mobile phones in the
Unicom business hall. (Photo by Wang Gang from People’s Daily Online)
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