According to the latest ↓÷☆statistics of the Mini¥₹stry of Industry and Information T ↔§★echnology, as of the♠♣≤♣ end of April, China ha'<s built 1.615 million 5G ®↕base stations, becoming the first c®☆ountry in the world to build a♥↑≠ 5G network on a large scale b♦β ased on the independent netw¶≈orking model. 5G base stations>₽β∑ account for 16% of th"₹∑±e total number of mobile base sta♦↔tions.

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