China will become the world's largest 5G market, with 460 million users of the next-generation superfast network by 2025, China Daily reported Thursday.
《中国日报》周四报道,到2025年中国将成为世界最大的5G市场,新一代超高速网络的用户将达到4.6亿。
The user number in China is forecast to be higher than that of Europe (205 million) and the United States (187 million) combined. Backed by 5G, China's mobile
ecosystem1 is expected to add 6 trillion yuan (about 895.92 billion U.S. dollars) in value to the national economy in 2023, up from 5.2 trillion yuan last year, said the GSMA report.
"China's mobile industry has been a key driver of economic growth, inclusion and
modernization2 , creating a new generation of digital consumers and transforming industry and society," the newspaper quoted Mats Granryd, director general of GSMA, as saying.
Hu Houkun, rotating chairman of telecom equipment
maker3 Huawei Technologies Co, is bullish on the future of 5G. "5G will play a vital part in triggering explosive growth in virtual reality and
augmented4 reality because it can solve all the
technological5 bottlenecks6 that blocking the industry's development."
China's traditional
sectors7 are said to have shown a strong interest in partnering with telecom companies to explore 5G, and the country can play a leading role in the process of the
integration8, said the newspaper, quoting Wang Jianzhou, former chairman of China Mobile, one of China's big three mobile service carriers, as saying.