How China was trapped by 5G| Huawei 5G | China's 5G Leaves Operators In A Dilemma

Recently, the three major communications network operators in China all released their subscriber figures as of April. These figures have raised questions about China's actual 5G development.
According to the data, China Mobile has 205.3 million 5G subscribers; China Telecom has 117.8 million 5G subscribers; China Unicom has 98.6 million 5G subscribers, which means the total number of Chinese 5G subscribers is around 420 million.
While everyone is cheering for the boom of the 5G network in China, a secret has been unintentionally released. The above data shows that the combined number of users for the three operators has reached 420 million, however, the cumulative 5G handset sales in China are only about 270 million units as of April, according to the national ICT Academy.
As we all know, there are three conditions that need to be met in order to enjoy 5G networks: a 5G smartphone, an established 5G network and a 5G package provided by telecom providers. Therefore, this could mean that 150 million or 35.7% of the Chinese users are actually not using 5G.
According to Chinese media reports, China has now built the world's largest 5G network, with about 810,000 5G base stations in operation, accounting for more than 70% of the world's share, making it a worthy pioneer of 5G networks worldwide.
According to data provided by China Tower, the average power consumption of a 5G outdoor base station is about 3.8KW, more than three times that of a 4G base station. Some experts estimate that if 5G achieves 4G coverage, the cost of electricity alone for operators will be 6-12 times that of the 4G.
From the data, it can be concluded that the more stations are built, the more loss for providers. If full 5G coverage is achieved, electricity costs alone will be many times the operators' current annual profits. Even if only 1% of the country is covered, electricity costs will be more than enough to bankrupt the three major operators, which means 5G is not so sustainable.
What about the consumers, do they really find 5G attractive?
First of all, due to the imperfection of 5G infrastructure, the coverage of 5G is far from universal, so the user's experience is relatively poor and far from ideal. In fact, many users switch back to 4G shortly after.
Secondly, the price of 5G packages are higher than 4G, which is already considered somewhat expensive by most people, and most users would not need such high speed internet. Moreover, most of the current smartphone apps are still based on the 4g network, and the speed is more than enough. So why would users choose to spend more and switch to 5G?
Last year, China's former finance minister Lou Jiwei has pointed out in a media interview that 5G development still has many obstacles, among them, he said the three major problems would be immature technology, high costs and low applicability.

In addition, he questioned how operators are blindly repeating the 4G network construction model and trying to obtain wide-area coverage, when in fact it’s simply not applicable.
The awkward situation that 5G is currently in is leaving operators in a dilemma. Perhaps in a few years, when we look back at 5G, we may find that it is far from what was advertised. The fairy tale that is 5G may just be a fantasy blown up by equipment manufacturers, or simply a scam.
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