On February 26th, China Mobile's General Manager of Planning, Li Qiang, announced at the 2024 World Mobile Communications Congress that over 4 million users have already adopted the new voice service since its launch at the end of 2023.
In 2024, China Mobile plans to introduce more naked-eye 3D terminals, enrich 3D content, promote 3CC+ wide bandwidth commercial use in key cities nationwide, and facilitate the development and maturity of new technologies such as RedCap, sensory integration, and passive IoT.
Li Qiang stated that 2024 will be the first year of commercial use for 5.5G, also known as 5G-A. China Mobile will start building the 5G-A commercial model this year, improving 5G-A infrastructure, promoting 5G-A application scenarios, strengthening the 5G-A industrial ecosystem, and aiming for full commercial use of 5G-A by the end of 2026.
It is worth noting that Huawei is also actively pushing for the realization and commercial use of 5.5G. Huawei's Vice Chairman, Acting Chairman, and CFO, Meng Wanzhou, stated that 5.5G is the inevitable path of 5G network evolution. Its network characteristics include downlink speeds of tens of gigabits, a trillion connections, and intrinsic intelligence. Compared to 5G, 5.5G can better cater to scenarios involving human connectivity, IoT, perception, and high-end manufacturing, creating more business opportunities.
It is reported that 5.5G can provide a downlink speed of 10 Gbps, which is equivalent to a tenfold increase compared to the original 1 Gbps of 5G. It also offers a tenfold improvement in latency, positioning, and reliability, enabling millisecond-level latency and low-cost trillion IoT connections.
