{"id":33765,"date":"2021-12-03T11:52:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T11:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/futurenetworks\/?p=33765"},"modified":"2021-12-03T11:57:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T11:57:37","slug":"5g-powering-ahead-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/5g-powering-ahead-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"5G powering ahead in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese mobile operators have reported a sharp increase in 5G mobile tariff additions, with the country-wide total reaching 670 million 5G-capable tariffs as of October. While this does not represent the actual number of 5G subscribers \u2013 which GSMA Intelligence estimates is closer to 20% of the customer base \u2013 it is a barometer of the 5G addressable market.<\/p>\n<p>A key plank of the 5G revenue model is tariff premiums in return for the higher speeds and service capability compared to those possible with LTE. Financial indications on this front are positive, with the Chinese operators reporting ARPU uplifts of 8\u201310% from 5G tariffs, in line with other countries such as South Korea. Momentum has been boosted by a number of factors, including the economic recovery from the pandemic, declining 5G handset costs, network coverage expansions and overall marketing efforts. China\u2019s large size and network investments mean it will be among the global leaders in 5G adoption, so its progress will be closely watched, particularly in the wake of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click here to read more (Mobile World Live)\u00a0\" href=\"http:\/\/click.email.gsma.com\/?qs=eb15337da0a2bf8a0024100b3ad8801d6160c148c02c30d592e8687aa1c1340ee04f14433d3bc8ee3a9154c11188770d07003b190669ecf1\" data-linkto=\"https:\/\/\">Click here to read more (Mobile World Live)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese mobile operators have reported a sharp increase in 5G mobile tariff additions, with the country-wide total reaching 670 million 5G-capable tariffs as of October. While this does not represent the actual number of 5G subscribers \u2013 which GSMA Intelligence estimates is closer to 20% of the customer base \u2013 it is a barometer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":30482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6894,60],"tags":[],"algolia_discover_type":[15357],"class_list":["post-33765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5g-digest","category-latest-news","algolia_discover_type-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5G powering ahead in China - Networks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/networks\/latest-news\/5g-powering-ahead-in-china\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5G powering ahead in China\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Chinese mobile operators have reported a sharp increase in 5G mobile tariff additions, with the country-wide total reaching 670 million 5G-capable tariffs as of October. 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