<span style="color: #222222;">China gave its major state-owned companies the green light to start rolling out 5G services. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology today issued 5G commercial licenses to China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Radio and Television. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It means those carriers can start rolling out commercial 5G applications.  5G is the next generation cellular technology with download speeds stated to be 10 to 100 times faster than the current 4G LTE networks. Chinese officials say a comprehensive deployment of the network will help develop industrial manufacturing, internet-connected cars, healthcare, smart city management and Artificial Intelligence (AI).</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The technology is expected to generate 10.6 trillion yuan (about USD 1.54 trillion) worth of economic output and over three million jobs between 2020 and 2025, according to a research report by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. 5G is being tried in several places in China, including Tibet. In March this year, Hongkou district in Shanghai city claimed to have become the first using both 5G coverage and broadband gigabit network.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> The 5G stations are being installed in different parts of the China including Tibet as part of Chinese telecom giant Huawei's plans to lead the 5G trials despite the opposition. Huawei has become a central part of a US-China power struggle which started out in trade, and is now being played out in the technology sector. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The US has encouraged allies to block Huawei – the world's largest maker of telecoms equipment – from their 5G networks, saying the Chinese government could use its products for surveillance.</span><br />''