Beijing May Score Its Biggest 5G Win at Home

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An hour west of Shanghai, in Nanjing, now one of China’s largest industrial centers for
advanced manufacturing, an automated assembly line in a retooled factory churns out 5G
radio technology every day ofthe year but one: Chinese New Year. Self-piloting carts whir
racks of components across the factory floor. Artificial intelligence spots faults quicker than
humans, using cellular technology to monitor, among other things, about 1,000 high-
precision smart screwdrivers and squads of robotic arms that twirl in formation. 

Enabling this 21st-century ballet are hundreds of base stations – radio equipment that
provides wireless connectivity around Nanjing, where smart streetlights surround the local
temple, and one ofthe metro lines boasts full 5G coverage. Indeed, as Sweden’s Ericsson AB
has said, it modernized its Nanjing factory “in preparation for the introduction and rapid
deployments of5G in China.”
China also has another advantage gleaned from past stumbles in introducing its 3G and 4G
networks: it is no stranger to developing supply chains as technology evolves.

Almost a
decade on, when the world was beginning to evolve from third generation cellular technology
and data to the LTE and the 4G era that would ultimately Idck off the rise of iphones, China
started building out base stations to support its ambitions. The rapid rollout led to the rise of
telecom equipment manufacturers like ZTE and Huawei and smartphone parts suppliers like
Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. Capturing that opportunity well before the world did,
Chinese companies were well positioned to leverage the rise ofApple’s iphones and products.
Companies that were able to master the manufacturing ofthe tiniest of parts came out on top.

Much as it did when taking over the world’s manufacturing, China is setting itself up for the
next wave. If it can build a vibrant 5G-enabled domestic manufacturing base before anyone
else, that’s one more big reason for multinational companies like Ericsson to stay in China and
reap the technological and commercial benefits of a vast network of suppliers and a huge
market, rather than pulling up stakes and going home. Because here’s the thing; Beijing isn’t
just looldng to create its own national champions; it is looking to build and foster companies
that will prop up g]obal leaders in future techno]ogies

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