About 50 Chinese companies, including telecom giants Huawei and ZTE, will attend the Mobile World Congress 2022 (MWC 2022) that kicks off on Monday in Barcelona, Spain, aiming to showcase cutting-edge technologies and new devices, as Europe is still viewed as a significant market for Chinese technology giants despite rising geopolitical uncertainties.
Statistics from China s three major telecom operators show the number of users adopting 5G data packages kept soaring in January, with the three carriers adding a total of 28.1 million users in the month.
Companies in labor-intensive industries such as manufacturing and home services are ramping up efforts to secure smooth and undisrupted operation with high bonuses for workers to stay in place during the Chinese New Year.
As international disaster relief efforts are still underway in Tonga after a massive volcanic eruption and a powerful tsunami that has killed at least three people, resumption of communications has become a priority, in which Chinese telecommunications could offer much-needed assistance, analysts said.
Cellphone shipments in China rose 13.9 percent in 2021 to 351 million units, with rapid growth in shipments of 5G devices, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) said on Tuesday, despite chip shortages and other disruptions in the industry in 2021.