Telecommunications

Guangzhou is the first city in China to pilot 5G for optimizing bus schedules.

China is home to three of the world’s top five smartphone makers accounting for over one-third of global sales.

The clarification from Shenzhen-based ZTE came at a time when China is doubling down on efforts to build up its chipmaking capability.

China has prioritized the development of computing chip technology to cut reliance on foreign imports, leading to a wave of local semiconductor startups.

Rule change comes amid concerns of American tech industry being “sidelined.”

Industry studies have concluded that 5G can reduce the high cost of on-board equipment by shifting some computing power off vehicle.

Satellite internet is a central focus of policymakers in China.

Gilmore Glen, a mayor emeritus in the US and an educator at Rutgers University, says that the tech industry depends on a free-flowing global market.