Huawei smartphone gets 1st 5G license

Huawei's smartphone Mate 20X has obtained the first license to allow terminal telecommunication equipment to enter the 5G network in China, the company announced Tuesday on its official Sina Weibo account.

Currently, Huawei has signed 50 commercial 5G contracts globally to ship more than 150,000 sets of 5G equipment, said Ding Yun, president of Huawei's telecom carrier business group, at a summit meeting themed "5G is ON" held in Shanghai.