MWC Shanghai returns after two-year Covid-19 hiatus

MWC Shanghai, Asia’s largest mobile industry show, is back after a two-year hiatus due to Covid-19. This year’s event runs from June 28 to June 30 under the theme “Velocity.” According to the organizer, the GSMA, 2023 marks the first decade of MWC Shanghai.

Visitors to MWC Shanghai 2023. (Photo: Weibo)

Sihan Bo Chen, GSMA's China Director, said the most important transition in the past 10 years was from 4G to 5G. She believes that 5G technology will be fully popular by 2030 in many countries.

Previously, GSMA successfully organized MWC Barcelona from February 27 to March 2.

This year’s theme for MWC Shanghai highlights the importance of developing next-generation mobile networks in China, which has the world’s largest 5G infrastructure and is also the world’s largest smartphone market. By the end of 2022, more than 60% of global 5G connections will be Chinese, despite the technology war with the US. Chinese 5G connections are expected to reach 1.6 billion by 2030, accounting for nearly a third of the world, according to a GSMA report.

China began commercial 5G deployment in June 2019. In March, the number of 5G base stations in the country exceeded 2.64 million, covering all districts. Shanghai aims to install 70,000 5G base stations by 2025, while striving to achieve fixed broadband speeds of 500 megabits per second.

Lenovo is the largest exhibitor at MWC Shanghai this year. In addition, there are hundreds of other exhibitors such as China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Qualcomm, Ericsson. More than 200 industry leaders and experts are expected to speak at MWC Shanghai, including Huawei Vice Chairwoman Meng Wanzhou.

A highlight of the event was the debut of the “Digital Shanghai Zone,” showcasing the city’s achievements in developing 5G-based digital infrastructure, including AI, IoT, AR, and virtual reality. These are applied in a variety of fields, from healthcare to manufacturing, with the potential to make Shanghai a global 5G transformation benchmark.

(According to SCMP)

The White House will allocate $42.25 billion to 50 states and US territories so that all people can access high-speed broadband Internet by 2030.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/mwc-thuong-hai-tro-lai-sau-hai-nam-gian-doan-covid-19-2158834.html