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Huawei Restrictions Not Slowing 5G in China: ABI

Chinese 5G subscriptions are expected to reach 739 million by 2025, enough for 40% global share, reported ABI Research Tuesday. It forecasts 5G annual data traffic in China reaching 782 exabytes by 2025, for nearly 60% share of 5G. Unlike…

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in other early adopter 5G countries like the U.S., Japan and South Korea, mobile network operators in China are government-owned, enabling them to get “extensive support” for developing networks, “especially in the consumer market," said analyst Jiancao Hou. The U.S-China trade war and Commerce Department export restrictions on Huawei and other Chinese vendors aren't "slowing down 5G deployment in China,” said Hou.