Three main mobile operators in China are set to launch a pilot 5G project in different cities during the second half of this year, reported Xinhuanet news.
In the first stage, the companies, including China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom will start projects in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Ningbo and other cities.
During the pilot period, the telecom giants will launch the 5G network for automatic driving, smart city, intelligent family, including car networking, and Internet of things applications.
The project will be extended to other cities Jiangxi, Hainan, Shanxi, Shandong, Zhejiang, Hebei and others if it proves to be successful.
The step will pave the way for China to play a main role in developing the global 5G standard.
