ZTE to build smart campus in Lhasa, boost 5G use
Date:2019-04-26 12:17:27 Posted by:Ada View:306Main entrance to Tibet University, located in Lhasa. Photo: Courtesy of ZTE
Chinese telecommunication equipment maker ZTE will work with Tibet University to build a smart campus using a combination of technologies including 5G networks and augmented reality and virtual reality (VR), boosting 5G deployment in Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, ZTE told the Global Times on Thursday.
According to a ZTE statement, the company will integrate emerging 5G-based technologies into campus facilities to build a smart ecosystem that supports VR laboratories and robotics laboratories as well as an immersive distance education system that will allow students in Tibet to take advantage of educational resources in China's better-developed coastal areas.
5G deployment has been making steady progress in Tibet. On February 27, China Mobile opened its first 5G internet base station in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, with a peak downloading speed of 530 megabytes per second. The company is aiming to enable the network to reach people in remote agricultural areas, guancha.cn reported.
The deployment of 5G in Tibet can be understood as part of a greater effort to build a logistics center in Tibet that can facilitate communication not only between Tibet and other provinces in China, but also with countries in South Asia, Tian Guangqiang, an assistant research fellow at the National Institute Global Strategy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.
"For many countries in South Asia, freight transportation with China still relies heavily on ports in India and shipping goods across the Indian Ocean," Tian said. "With better communication networks enabled by 5G, combined with better railway systems that are taking shape in the region, it can be expected that much of the shipments can move directly to China through Tibet at a lower cost."
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