In the U.S., where federal lawmakers like to characterize 5G as a race America has to win, President Trump’s administration has broached the idea of a nationalized 5G strategy; that plan has drawn rebuke from legislators, the Federal Communications Commission and the telecom industry–all of whom prefer a private sector-led approach. However, that’s not the case in China.
In 2013, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development Reform Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology established an IMT-2020 5G promotion group that has guided three phases of development: key technologies testing, technology verification and 5G system verification.
