China Unicom has revealed more details about its agreement with China Telecom on 5G network sharing.

China Unicom and China Telecom will co-build 5G access network nationwide. The party, who is responsible for the construction in a designated region, will make the investment, handle maintenance and operating cost of the network.

China Unicom and China Telecom will co-build and co-share the access network and 5G spectrum resources. China Unicom and China Telecom will build their 5G core network independently by each party.

Both China Unicom and China Telecom will jointly ensure a unified standard on network planning, construction, maintenance and service in the 5G network co-build co-share regions, and assure the same service level.

The ratio of construction districts of China Unicom to China Telecom will be 6:4 in the 5 Northern cities, namely Beijing, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, Qingdao, Shijiazhuang.

The ratio of construction districts of China Unicom to China Telecom will be 4:6 in the 10 Southern cities, namely Shanghai, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Changsha, Wuhan, Chengdu.

China Unicom will be solely responsible for the construction in 9 prefecture-level cities in Guangdong province, 5 prefecture-level cities in Zhejiang province and 8 Northern provinces (Hebei, Henan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Shanxi) other than the regions mentioned above.

China Telecom will be solely responsible for the construction in 10 prefecture-level cities in Guangdong province, 5 prefecture- 2 level cities in Zhejiang province and 17 Southern provinces other than the regions mentioned above.