Souped-up 4G mobile service could launch next year in China's top-tier cities

Testing has begun by China Mobile on mobile internet connections potentially more than 10 times faster than current 4G-level service offered in China, South China Morning Post reported, citing ZTE’s vice president in charge of wireless operation, Maggie Cui. “There is still some way to go before we can have a global recognized 5G standard but I think we can apply some mature advanced technology to existing 4G network before we officially enter the 5G era,” Cui said. She claimed the firms had completed their first test-run of a “pre-5G” network that China Mobile could launch in the first half of next year in selected top-tier cities.