China meets 5G base station target 3 months early

Government push gives Huawei a boost as total surges to 690,000

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Workers set up a 5G base station in China's Guizhou Province. © Reuters

YUSUKE HINATA, Nikkei staff writer

GUANGZHOU-- China has achieved its goal of building 500,000 new fifth-generation wireless base stations in 2020 well ahead of schedule, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Thursday.

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