Consumers experience 5G-powered virtual reality video services at a China Telecom outlet in Beijing. [Photo/Xinhua]
China has already secured 870,000 5G mobile subscribers in just 20 days after the country kicked off commercialization of the superfast mobile technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Thursday.
Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, said more than 113,000 5G base stations have entered into service and the development momentum is good.
According to him, by the end of this year, more than 130,000 5G base stations in total will enter into service to support the network, marking one of the world's largest 5G deployments.
In October, China shipped 2.49 million 5G smartphones, marking a 400 percent surge compared with the previous month, according to a report by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.
