Commercial Licenses For 5G Will Soon Be Granted In China

 

China will soon issue 5G licenses for commercial use, the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Monday.

"China started 5G research experiments in 2016, and entered the third stage of system verification this year," Wen Ku, head of the MIIT information and communication department, said at the ongoing first Digital China Summit in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province. 

Wen said device manufacturers such as Huawei and Ericsson had participated in the development of 5G products to help create a complete 5G industrial chain.

China has launched 5G cooperation mechanisms with Japan, the Republic of Korea, the European Union and the United States, with international companies joining the research and development, he said. 

China will apply 5G technology to terminal devices as early as the second half of 2019, leading to the primary commercialization of the technology in the near future, according to an official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency