China has the sole power over 5G worldwide? The United States has taken action against Huawei again

*** News: At 10 p.m. on April 25, the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Huawei has violated sanctions on Iran.

On April 16, the US government announced a seven-year ban on US companies from selling hardware and software services to ZTE. In fact, this is not the first time the US has imposed a ban on China. Earlier this year, Huawei wanted to cooperate with US operator AT&T to re-enter the US smartphone market, but was blocked by the US government on the pretext of security.

The United States launched a trade war against China on the grounds of national security risks, and the high-tech field is the focus of its efforts. Obviously, the sanctions on ZTE have become the first shot in the battle. The United States launched a "technological cold war" more because it is worried about China's rise and threatening the economic status of the United States. On the one hand, China proposed the "Made in China 2025" development strategy and began to vigorously develop high-end manufacturing, which began to threaten the core interests of the United States. On the other hand, China's growing technological strength has put the United States under great pressure. Especially in the fields of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, 5G and other fields, the competition has become increasingly fierce, and a fierce contest has begun to compete for the commanding heights.

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America's Anxiety: China's 5G Performance Is Too Good

As a new generation of communication technology that has attracted much attention, 5G commercialization can be said to have entered a critical moment. The world is trying its best to seize the commanding heights. Recently, telecommunications consulting company Analysys Mason released a research report on the global 5G competition, saying that "China's overall 5G preparation is ahead of the United States and South Korea." According to reporters, this report analyzes the spectrum availability, licensing and deployment plans, and base station site selection and policies of the United States, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. The results show that China is the most advanced in 5G preparations, surpassing the United States and South Korea.

In terms of the performance of telecom equipment manufacturers in the 5G field, Huawei, ZTE, Ericsson and Nokia occupy the main market position. As China's largest communication equipment suppliers, ZTE and Huawei are responsible for the important mission of China's 5G related work. However, these two powerful players have aroused the "hostility" of the United States because of their many achievements in the 5G field.

Huawei was the first to enter the 5G market and is also the company that invests the most in 5G R&D. According to statistics, Huawei's investment in R&D in 2017 was about US$12 billion, and its investment in R&D in 2018 will be between US$10 billion and US$20 billion, which is much higher than that of Ericsson and Nokia.

As the second largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in China, ZTE has made 5G a strategic priority in the past two years and has become a major contributor to my country's 5G field, and has achieved many "results": in cooperation with many global top operators, it has built more than 10 5G pre-commercial networks worldwide; it has released the industry's first Massive MIMO solution based on the FDD-LTE standard, as well as the TDD Massive MIMO 2.0 version; in terms of smart terminals, ZTE has carried out a number of tasks. It is reported that 5G commercial mobile terminals, 5G tablets, CPEs, smart phones and other products will be released at the end of 2018 or early 2019.

According to ZTE's performance, its 5G deployment is close to completion, and it has been advancing the construction of 5G commercial use in my country in an orderly manner, which is why the United States has taken it as a precedent, using the sale of equipment to Iran as an excuse for sanctions because it violated the agreement between the two parties. After the United States imposes an export ban on ZTE, it will greatly affect the progress of China's 5G network, thereby weakening China's 5G voice and seizing the market.

According to Japanese media reports, Huawei and ZTE's share of wireless communication infrastructure has reached nearly 40% of the total market share. In addition, Huawei and ZTE's 5G testing volume has accounted for 40% of the market share, far surpassing the United States.

Network transformation begins, China has become the protagonist of 5G stage

Supported by the strategies of building a strong network and manufacturing country, my country began to lay out the 5G battlefield as early as 2013. In February, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Science and Technology jointly established the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group, which took the lead in launching 5G technology research and development trials, becoming the world's first national 5G trial led and planned by the government, and successfully played a good opening card. my country is also the first country in the industry to complete the laboratory test of 5G transmission technology, opening the prelude to the global 5G transmission technology from research to implementation.

Judging from the performance of the three major operators, my country has achieved a number of substantial results in the 5G field and is moving unswervingly towards the goal of achieving the leadership of 5G technology.

In terms of 5G field test performance, my country has built the world's largest 5G field test environment. In addition, in November last year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially announced the planning of 3300-3600MHz and 4800-5000MHz frequency bands as the working frequency bands of 5G systems, of which the 3300-3400MHz frequency band is limited to indoor use in principle, making my country the first country in the world to release the frequency use plan of 5G systems in the mid-band.

In terms of 5G innovation demonstration network construction, my country announced as early as August 2017 that it would launch the construction of a 5G innovation demonstration network in Xiongan to promote the construction of a 5G ecosystem and industrial chain.

In terms of base station and pilot city construction, the three major operators have also performed well. On April 11, 2018, the three major operators announced their first list of 5G pilot cities. China Mobile will conduct field tests in five cities, including Hangzhou, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Suzhou, and Wuhan, and will build more than 100 5G base stations in its region. In addition, China Mobile will also conduct 5G business and application demonstrations in 12 cities including Beijing, Chengdu, and Shenzhen. China Telecom will carry out pilot work in six cities including Xiong'an, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Suzhou, Chengdu, and Lanzhou. China Unicom said it plans to carry out pilot work in 16 cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Guiyang, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Fuzhou, Zhengzhou, and Shenyang.

The three major operators, Huawei and ZTE, as the main force of China's 5G army, have been actively involved in the formulation of 5G standards and have orderly promoted the construction of 5G commercialization in my country. This has helped my country to smoothly step into the ranks of the leaders in the field of 5G technology and begin to become a leader in the global 5G market.

The ZTE incident was a blow, but it was more of a "wake-up call". Accelerating the development of my country's core technologies and insisting on the path of creating "cores" have been put on the agenda. I believe that in the future, China's voice in the field of core technology will continue to increase!