Despite not being the first, China aims to be the leading 5G nation when it goes live at the end of this month. China Mobile targets to have 50,000 5G base stations while China Telecom and China Unicom aims to have 40,000 sites in 40-50 cities by the en...
China aims to be the leading country in 5G as they have pre-registered about 10 million users nationwide. The three major telcos – China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom have started signing up 5G customers since September. The pre-registration figures already surpass‘s 5G subscriber numbers which are reported to have crossed the 3 million mark in September.
China Mobile is said to have registered over 5.6 million 5G subscribers while China Unicom and China Telecom had acquired approximately 2 million subscribers each. To entice more subscribers to adopt 5G, telcos have been dishing out incentives to its customers. The big three telcos are reported to offer 30% discount for loyal customers that have been on their network for 3-5 years and a 20% discount for those with shorter tenures.from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in early June and are expected to roll out commercial services by end of October.
Apart from telcos, major cities have also taken the initiative to speed up 5G rollout. In China, major cities such as Shenzhen are providing CNY 10,000 subsidy for each base station deployed with a maximum limit of CNY 150 million per operator. There are also additional incentives for 5G development with the aim to offer the best urban coverage. Shenzhen city targets to have 45,000 base stations by August 2020.
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