Is 5G network available in China?

China ended 2021 with a total of 1.43 million 5G base stations across the country, Chinese press reported citing data from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The ministry said that Chinese operators have deployed a total of 654,000 base stations nationwide during last year.28 Oca 2022

All wireless carriers in China are state-owned , which has helped the government to expedite the development of 5G networks, and access to wireless spectrum. It has been argued that early access to 5G would give China an advantage in developing services that can leverage the technology.

The big three Chinese operators launched 5G services on October 31, 2019 , instantly becoming global 5G leaders with nearly 10 million advance orders. Here’s how their success will turbo-charge global deployment. With the launch of the world’s biggest 5G networks in China, the 5G era can be said to have truly begun.