The commercial deployment of 5G technology in China will come of age in 2019 with the first batch of 5G commercial data terminals and smartphones launched in the first half of 2019, according to a report of China's internet industry development released by the Internet Society of China.

The report was released at the 2019 China Internet Industry Annual Conference in Beijing. It also predicts that by 2020, the number of Chinese 5G base stations will reach 10,000.