Huawei, Unicom deepen 5G alliance By MA SI | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-19 07:57 Share CLOSE Shoppers try Huawei smartphones at a shop in Changzhou, Jiangsu province. [Photo by WANG QIMING/FOR CHINA DAILY] China Unicom, a leading Chinese telecom operator, is deepening its partnership with Huawei Technologies Co by jointly unveiling a 5G evolution technology plan for the next five years. Ma Hongbing, general manager of the technology innovation department at China Unicom, said 5G is set to promote the transformation of a smart society. Facing business demand for the next five years, there is a need to unveil a 5G evolution technology plan, 5G-Advanced technologies, for the next five years.