China Unicom Beijing has deployed a far reaching 5G-Advanced network covering stadiums, schools, scenic areas, metro stations, commercial areas, residential areas, and other facilities in Beijing.
China Unicom Beijing has deployed a far reaching 5G-Advanced network covering stadiums, schools, scenic areas, metro stations, commercial areas, residential areas, and other facilities in Beijing.
In the early days of 5G, the improvements to mobile and broadband services beyond increased speed and latency were limited, and so the difference from 4G was small, which made it hard to market to consumer.
What primarily underpins 5G monetisation is pricing upsell – if operators want the consumers to pay more, they must offer more. That could be more data, faster speed or lower latency, for the operator to monetise the consumer more than they are able to for 4G.
VIEWPOINT Recently, China Unicom Chongqing announced the successful completion of the world's first trial commercial use of "Alps-WDM+OSU". China Unicom Chongqing and Huawei Complete the World's First Trial Commercial Use of "Alps-WDM+OSU" The innovative Alps-WDM...
PARTNER CONTENT China Unicom Qinghai, China Unicom Research Institute, and Huawei have jointly completed the world's first trial commercial use of 800G OTN technology on live networks to fully upgrade all-optical networks. This technology helps build a green...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted unanimously to revoke the Chinese operator’s licence to do business in the US, citing concerns over national security
China Unicom is building an intelligent 5G backhaul network in the capital city of Beijing to enable efficient network operations and support enterprises
Press Release China Unicom has chosen Nokia to support the buildout of its 5G SA Core network in China, marking an expansion of Nokia’s existing 4G working relationship with the Chinese communication service provider.Nokia has been awarded an approximately 10%...
With 5G becoming a point of national prestige for China, research into the sixth-generation mobile technology is heating up
Press Release The Network Technology Research Institute of China Unicom – one of the world’s largest mobile operators with more than a quarter of a billion active subscribers – has selected Ranplan Wireless as a preferred supplier for a complete...
Press Release ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, in partnership with China Telecom and China Unicom, has today completed the network...
China is set to embark on the world’s biggest 5G rollout programme in the first quarter of 2020
Operator unveils commercial 5G brand; reportedly brings forward commercial launch to May
The call showcased ZTE’s end-to-end 5G services, including a prototype 5G smartphone handset
The company is also working closely with business leaders in Beijing to develop a series of 5G business use cases
Operator to densify 3G and 4G networks, lay groundwork for NB-IoT, 5G in 31 provinces
Companies claim to have launched China’s first commercial LTE broadcast service.
Chinese operator aims to spend over €5 billion on 4G network upgrade and expansion, and a further €2.5 billion on 5G.
Telco’s mixed ownership reform plan has passed securities regulator scrutiny.
Telco expects to raise €9.5 billion from group of 14 investors; will use funds to upgrade 4G network, implement 5G strategy.
Online giants Alibaba, Baidu, JD.com, Tencent reportedly among tech firms set to plough $12 billion into operator.