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Research update: China seeks 5G leadership
Our latest Research Notes focus on China, namely the world's biggest operator, China Mobile and a manufacturer of increasing importance, ZTE. In the past year both companies have made 5G a strategic priority. For China Mobile 2017 has brought a noticeable change of emphasis from rolling out 4G to a wider vision which embraces IoT and 5G. ZTE had doubled its annual spend on 5G research and is rolling out a suite of what it calls "Pre5G"…
Our latest Research Notes focus on China, namely the world's biggest operator, China Mobile and a manufacturer of increasing importance, ZTE.
In the past year both companies have made 5G a strategic priority. For China Mobile 2017 has brought a noticeable change of emphasis from rolling out 4G to a wider vision which embraces IoT and 5G. ZTE had doubled its annual spend on 5G research and is rolling out a suite of what it calls "Pre5G" products.
This is worrying news for Europe and ties in with recent comments by Nokia.