China has given licenses to major state-owned mobile carriers for the commercial rollout of 5G with analysts suggesting launches could come this year.
that restricts its access to U.S. technology — on which it heavily relies.
While China was initially eyeing a 5G rollout in 2020, Neil Shah, research director at Counterpoint Research, said the timeline looks "more aggressive now" with services likely to be launched later this year. "First and foremost, the tech cold war is going on, and China does not want to remain behind the U.S. and Korea," Shah said, explaining why China may have sped up its 5G launch.
"Second, in light of the Huawei trade ban, want to provide Huawei with an early base to use their equipment and roll out before they don't have access to U.S. components and gear," he added. "Huawei may have stocked for a few months to roll this out, accordingly, China will look to start rollout at the end of this year before Chinese New Year so they can use Chinese New Year to leverage 5G smartphone and 5G plans."Additional reporting by CNBC's Hilary Pan.
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