China plans to spend $165 billion on 5G, according to Xu Ziyang CEO of switchgear vendor ZTE.
That amount would be 50% more than China spent on 4G, said Xu.ZTE estimates the Q2 RAN market at $9.4 billion and said that ZTE had a 30% share of it.
According to Xu, 690,000 5G sites in 350 cities had been set up by the end of September.
The company has signed 55 commercial 5G contracts, said Xu, and is working with 90 telcos.
Like other network infrastructure vendors, ZTE is looking for vertical partnerships with end-users as well as telco contracts.
Xu said that ZTE had 500 vertical partners in areas including: tourism, healthcare, education, transport, energy, manufacturing and environmental protection.
source: electronicweekly