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In June, 1990, the first PT Expo China was held in Beijing, resulting in 70 companies from 13 countries and regions to showcase their latest telecom products.

The item from June 5, 1990, in China Daily showed a videophone made by Mitsubishi attracting many visitors at the exhibition. 25/36 17/26 21/30 21/33 18/26 24/31 25/31 21/29 13/27 25/28 20/25 16/29 20/30 15/28 26/30 28/37 14/25 18/30 10/25 12/26 26/28 21/27 20/30 24/33 18/24 26/29 C T C S S T R C C St Sh C C C St S C C S C R D C D S R Shanghai Shenyang Shenzhen Shijiazhuang Suzhou Taipei Taiyuan Tianjin Urumqi Wuhan Xi'an Xiamen Xining Yantai Yinchuan Zhengzhou Zhuhai Athens Berlin Brussels Geneva Istanbul London Madrid Moscow Paris Rome Vienna

Last year, more than 450 exhibitors from home and abroad gathered at the annual event.

This year, the 27th PT Expo China will be held in the capital in September.

The products showcased at the fair in the recent decades indicate the dramatic change in the country’s telecom sector thanks to rapid economic growth and technology development.

Easy access to the internet and the proliferation of mobile devices have changed the way we communicate.

The rapid growth of socialnetworking platforms has further allowed people to 22/27 18/29 27/32 24/38 19/26 26/33 11/32 23/37 15/25 19/29 19/35 25/31 5/27 19/30 15/32 19/37 26/29 21/34 20/21 18/20 17/17 20/28 13/15 14/16 14/15 18/22 21/21 20/21 O C D S O T S S C O S D C S S S Sh C C S D D D D D D C D 21/27 19/29 25/29 25/38 18/26 26/33 14/35 24/38 15/28 20/30 21/36 25/30 10/22 20/33 17/27 22/37 26/28 21/35 17/18 17/20 15/19 21/30 12/15 12/13 7/13 17/22 20/20 20/20 D C R S O O S C S C S D C S C S R S C S D C D D D D D D maintain closer ties with friends and family via text, audio or video.

To guarantee the large demand of transmit data, Chinese companies have ramped up efforts to develop the next generation of mobile communication technologies, such as the high-speed fifth-generation network.

The 5G technology will be able to transmit data more than 10 times faster than the current 4G system and will TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Abu Dhabi 31/44 Bangkok 27/35 Colombo 28/31 Dubai 31/44 Hanoi 25/33 Islamabad 28/43 Jakarta 26/32 Karachi 28/35 Kuala Lumpur 25/33 Manila 27/33 Mumbai 28/35 New Delhi 30/39 Pyongyang 17/30 Riyadh 27/44 Seoul 18/29 Singapore 27/33 Sydney 13/18 Teheran 19/31 Tokyo 19/29 Wellington 12/14 Yangon 24/33 C D R S D S D C D D D S S S C D D D O D R 31/44 27/35 27/32 31/42 25/34 27/42 26/32 28/37 26/33 27/32 28/35 32/40 17/31 27/43 20/30 28/33 14/17 23/33 19/20 10/12 23/33 C O D S D S D D D D D S S S S D D C D R D take on tasks that are impossible in the 4G era, such as overseeing self-driving vehicles.

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