CNBC's Hilary Pan contributed to this report. "In this critical period of national development, we must attach great importance to the 6G development, coordinate its planning, promote it with efficiency, and open up for innovation in this area," Wang said. Still, China is pushing on with 6G as it sees the technology being of great importance in the future. blacklist that restricts its access to American technology and Washington has tried to convince other countries to bar Huawei from their 5G networks. Huawei has repeatedly denied these claims. These figures were calculated as of January 2020, drawing on data from publicly available sources, including company.
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When it comes to 5G download speed, this nation ranks. However, 5G has been available in the Middle East country since 2018. Washington has accused the Chinese firm of being a national security risk, claiming its gear could be used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans. The California-based network testing company Viavi Solutions published a report in February 2020 titled The State of 5G Deployments, which stated that 5G was at least partially available in 378 cities, in a total of 34 countries. Kuwait Commercial 5G services in Kuwait dates as far back as June 2019. Old Devices May Go Out Of Use Most of older devices that will go out of use as their system and features will not support the latest features of the 5G technology.
Huawei, the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker, has been in the crosshairs of the U.S. Secondly, there are several countries that are still underdeveloped they can’t be expected to make use of this technology in the near future. Mobile networks, particularly 5G, have become a politicizied topic between the U.S. In September, Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei said that while the company is working on 6G technology, it is still in an "early phase" and there's "a long way to go" before commercialization. Vice Minister Wang Xi of the Ministry of Science and Technology said 6G is in the "initial stage, the technical route is still not clear, and the key indicators and application scenarios have not been standardized and defined."