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China engaging in 5G telecom research, studies
APPISLAMABAD – China is engaged in tech research and market studies on next-generation mobile telecom networks, or 5G, which would be applied in fields including driverless vehicles, the Chinese vice-minister of industry and information technology said.
Several sectors including driverless vehicles, navigation, manufacturing and news casting would see the application of the new technology, said Huai Jinpeng, who is also a deputy to the National People's Congress. Huai's words came several days after Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology was quoted by media as saying that his ministry would select six sectors to boost intelligent manufacturing, and intelligent vehicles would be the main area to put the 5G technology into practice, Global Times reported on Monday.
“Compared with the current 4G network, the biggest improvement of 5G technology is a faster data transmission speed,” a telecom analyst Ma Jihua said. Some analysts estimate that the 5G network will be -100 times faster than the current 4G one. “Even though the 4G technology is still far from universal and mature in the world, it is an appropriate time to boost 5G development as the upgrading of technology has further accelerated in recent years and Chinese firms should get ready for it," Li Yi, secretary-general of China Mobile Internet Industry Alliance said.
Li said 5G technology is the cornerstone of many new innovations such as the Internet of Vehicles (IoV), in which a complex integrated network system is used to combine mobile Internet with vehicles. Without 5G technology, the current 4G network would not be enough to meet the data transmission speed that is needed for the IoV, he noted.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk