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China Consolidating Leadership in 5G Advanced: Report

China will “further consolidate its 5G-Advanced leadership position” and has a “head start” on developing 6G technologies, but “progress may slow” due to “existing process limitations” in the country’s semiconductor production, said a TechInsights connectivity report released last week. “Huawei continues to diversify its portfolio of home-grown mobile RF technologies.”

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The report predicted that mobile connectivity will increasingly come from 5G and 5G advanced smartphones “and from non-smartphone devices and AI-driven services.” Satellite coverage “is now augmenting mobile carrier networks with T-Mobile/Starlink taking a lead” in direct-to-device services, while new radio non-terrestrial network service is “still years away.”