China begins 5G trial runs to get headstart in global telecom race

中国开始测试运行5G网络，领跑全球电信竞赛

BEIJING: China, the largest telecom market in the world in terms of subscribers, has started conducting trials for 5G telecommunications equipment in about 100 cities, as it aims to get a head start in the race to lead the next generation of cellular¹ phone systems.

从用户数来衡量，世界最大的电信市场中国，开始在100个城市进行5G电信设备的测试运行，力争领跑下一代移动手机网络。

High-speed 5G networks can theoretically transmit data 20 times faster than current 4G speed, with less than one tenth of the latency, or the time for a data request to receive a reply.

理论上，高速的5G网络传输数据的速度是目前4G网络的20倍，而数据请求的等待时间不到十分之一。

The 5G technologies being tested include massive multiple-antenna systems capable of handling more users and increased capacity to support greater mobile data usage, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post quoted Bernstein Research report as saying.

据香港南华早报引述伯恩斯坦研究公司的报告，称正在测试的5G技术，包括能处理更多用户请求和能支撑更多移动数据的多天线系统。