China signs up 400 million new 5G subscribers in a year, more than doubling user population

730 million 5G subscriptions have been ordered in China, according to operational statistics published this week by the nation's big three carriers: China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Mobile. That total means 396.5 million new 5G packages were activated during 2021, more than doubling the 333.5 million services in …

[Doctor Tarr]

Statistics

It would be interesting to know how many of those have a suitable handset and get a reliable signal. Outside the store.

+++there are areas in the City of London with 4G dead spots, never mind the less populated areas of th country. Let’s get these fixed first.

[_LC_]

Re: Statistics

We have the same issues in Germany. People are surprised when traveling around the world. Even in Africa the network is usually faster and cheaper, reception better.

[Charlie Clark]

Re: Statistics

The mobile networks in China are excellent and they have to be.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Statistics

The article isn't about London, or Germany or wherever your mobile signal comes from.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Statistics

Lets not get ahead of ourselves here. It's all about priorities.

And thanks to our "leaders", the priority over the next 5 years, is to remove all Huawei equipment from the UK's networks. Because Donald said so. /S

Improving the infrastructure in local black spots is not a priority for anyone in authority. You've managed to tolerate it for the past 5 years, so another 5 won't hurt. Stiff upper lip and all that, my good chap.

[Charlie Clark]

New SIM cards are a news item?

That may be the only change people notice. You get to call your network 5G if it's fast enough and it's basically just faster 4G.