5G preparations go into top gear

The finalization of 5G standards is not only the firing of the starting pistol for the final sprint in the commercialization of 5G on a global scale but also heralds a new era in China, as industry experts pointed out that preparatory work for rolling out 5G services will move into top gear with a whole gamut of related work set to start soon.

The comments came right after the 3rd Generation Partnership Project, or 3GPP, a global organization supervising cellular standards, agreed at a recent meeting in Spain on the specifications for the standalone 5G network.

Experts at a recent conference of China's three engineering laboratories in the field, who are also major contributors to 5G promotion, said that this move points to the technical completion of 5G standards.