China Unicom invests $1.73billion in 5G in First Six Months-

Image source: China Visual BEIJING, August 9 (TMTPOST) — China Unicom (600050.SH, 00762.HK) General Manager Chen Zhongyue said at the company's 2022 semi-annual earnings presentation on Monday that its capital expenditure in the first half of the year reached 28.35 billion yuan ($4.19billion), of which 11.7 billion yuan ($1.73billion) was invested in 5G-related areas. In the first half of this year, China Unicom’s 5G investment grew significantly. Chen said that 180,000 new 5G base stations were built in the first half of the year， bringing the total number to 870,000. About 80,000 5G base stations were put into operation through…