5G technology features high bandwidth, low delay and wide connection characteristics, which make it a key infrastructure for the digital transformation of economy and society, said Yang Jie, chairman of China Mobile.

The deep integration of 5G technology with other technologies including cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence will truly realize the interconnection of everything, Yang added.

China Mobile will build 50,000 5G base stations nationwide in 2019, providing commercialized 5G services in over 50 cities and the services will be provided in all cities at and above the prefectural level by 2020 , according to Yang.

China Telecom announced completion of commercial deployment of 5G in more than 40 cities by the end of this year. China Unicom has launched the "7+33+n" 5G network deployment, which means continuous coverage in seven urban areas, hot spots coverage in 33 cities and customized 5G network based on current one in n cities, the report said.

The first batch of 10,000 5G terminal devices has been delivered by mobile manufactures including Huawei, OPPO, Vivo, ZTE, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Samsung and TCL at a price of several thousands.