China Mobile has made waves by launching a comprehensive package of differentiated services based on 5G Advanced (5G-A) in over 280 Chinese cities just a few months after that started being introduced with 3GPP Release 18 from July 2024. The operator has been able to come out quickly after some trials by incorporating Huawei’s implementation of the technology under its own epithet of 5.5G, beating the official standards release. The service is ahead of the game in offering various performance boosts on a temporary basis under seven scenarios at this stage, according to China Mobile executive Ms Shi. She indicated that China Mobile would be extending these capabilities to operators and enterprises in other countries where its international division operates,…