China doubles down on 5G roll-out in 2021 despite complaints about spotty coverage, hard-selling

• China plans to build at least 600,000 more 5G base stations in 2021, on top of the 700,000 it has already installed to date
• The country plans to speed up the roll-out of the next-generation network in major cities, although 5G subscriptions still lag far behind those for 4G