A guide is silhouetted in an exhibition promoting Huawei's 5G technologies in Shenzhen, China. Photo: AP
A guide is silhouetted in an exhibition promoting Huawei's 5G technologies in Shenzhen, China. Photo: AP
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Inside China Tech: Leaders in Tech – what's spectrum and why does it matter for 5G?

  • This week on Inside China Tech we look at why – for the first time – 5G has to tap into extremely high radio frequencies
  • And why space agencies think this might mess with your weather forecast

Yang YangZen Soo
Yang Yang and Zen Soo

Updated: 1:34pm, 28 Oct, 2019

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A guide is silhouetted in an exhibition promoting Huawei's 5G technologies in Shenzhen, China. Photo: AP
A guide is silhouetted in an exhibition promoting Huawei's 5G technologies in Shenzhen, China. Photo: AP

This week on Inside China Tech, the Post’s Zen Soo speaks with GSMA's Head of Policy for Greater China Joe Guan to find out what's the big deal about 5G and why there is a big spectrum debate going on for the next-generation mobile network.

We also look at why space agencies are concerned that 5G could mess with weather forecasts, and why 5G needs to use radio frequencies that no other mobile network has ever used before.

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Produced by Yang Yang

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Yang Yang

Yang Yang

Yang Yang was a podcast producer at the Post from 2019 to 2020. Before joining the Post in 2019, Yang was a TV producer and editor for 2M Media Group in Washington, where she produced mini-documentaries and studio interviews.

Zen Soo

Zen Soo

Zen Soo worked at the Post from 2015 until 2019. She covered China technology, in particular e-commerce, online to offline and mobile payments. She also wrote about Southeast Asian tech companies.