Shanghai’s Hongkou becomes world’s 1st 5G district

Shanghai on Saturday claimed to have the world’s first district with 5G coverage and a broadband gigabit network. It conducted trial runs of the 5G network, backed by telecom services provider China Mobile.

“Trial runs of the 5G network started on Saturday in Shanghai’s Hongkou district, where 5G base stations had been deployed over the last three months to ensure full coverage,” the China Daily reported.

Shanghai’s vice-mayor Wu Qing made the network’s first 5G video call on Huawei’s Mate X smartphone, the first 5G foldable phone. [ReadMore]