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Will China build a 5G base station next year?

Technicians from China Mobile check a 5G base station in Tongling, Anhui province. [Photo by Guo Shining/For China Daily] China aims to build over 4.5 million 5G base stations next year and give more policy as well as financial support to foster industries that can define the next decade, the country's top industry regulator said on Friday.

Who is the most important buyer of 5G base station equipment?

In short, CMCC is the most important buyer of base station equipment in the world. It is therefore highly significant that in its latest round of tenders for 5G base station equipment in the 2.6 GHz frequency range, China Mobile decided to award 16.33% of the order volume to Ericsson (Sweden) and 10.28% to Nokia (Finland).

Which telco will supply 5G base stations in 2023 & 2024?

Huawei Technologies has secured a major contract that will see it supply over half of the 5G base stations for telco China Mobile between 2023 and 2024. In total, Huawei has won 52 percent of China Mobile’s 5G base station work, as part of the largest portion of the contracts put out for tender this year, according to Yicai Global.

Which companies have been awarded a 5G contract?

Smaller contracts were also awarded to Datang Mobile Communications Equipment, Ericsson, and Nokia Shanghai Bell. China Mobile plans to operate more than 1.6 million 5G base stations this year, increase its number of cloud servers by more than 240,000 units, and add 40,000 external data center racks.