China Mobile Tianjin and Huawei completed the commercial deployment of 5G 8T distributed Massive MIMO technology in the cold rolling workshops of New Tianjin Steel Group, marking the first time that the technology was adopted in steel production workshops. Tests on Huawei’s EasyMacro pole sites revealed a cell uplink throughput of up to 1 Gbps, with stable latency of 20 ms at 99.99%. Inspired by the fresh wave of digitalization among businesses throughout China, New Tianjin Steel Group sets its sights on building a leading 5G smart factory to increase efficiency and improve safety in loading, unloading, hoisting, and other…