5G to ring in New Year with 'explosive growth' in China

Visitors try 5G smartphones at the exhibition area of ZTE Corp during the 2020 World 5G Convention in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Nov 27. The central government has called for more efforts to expand 5G network coverage across China.- China Daily

BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): For Zhang Qiang, who runs a smartphone store in Beijing, November was a very busy month. Eight out of 10 potential customers who visited his store bought a 5G smartphone each.

"Most of them came to check out 5G handsets. Not everyone bought one, but I can see mounting enthusiasm for 5G. Days of Covid-19-related hardship may be finally making way for good days," Zhang said.