当地时间周四，英国广播公司(BBC)使用5G网络直播了早间节目，这是英国首次使用5G信号的电视直播，该信号由英国电信巨头BT旗下的EE运营商提供。
但第一天的5G直播进行得并不顺利。当BBC主持人Clive Myrie在英国伦敦科芬园(Covent Garden)介绍新一代通信技术时，网络传输出现了问题。而此前BBC的技术特派员Rory Cellan-Jones则成功使用了5G技术进行转播。
直播前，节目主持人Rory Cellan-Jones激动地在个人社交媒体账号分享了直播的幕后花絮，他将镜头对准了华为的设备，并说道：“就是它，能够支持我们进行全英首次5G电视直播!”尽管此前关于EE、Vodafone等英国运营商限制华为参与5G建设的传言层出不穷。事实证明，英国的公司和机构依旧使用华为设备开启了自己的5G时代。
以下是英国每日电讯对本次英国使用华为设备进行5G直播的报道：
The UK launch of 5G on Thursday got off to a bumpy start when a live BBC broadcast over the network failed.
BBC"s Clive Myrie was talking to a reporter in London’s Covent Garden about the launch of the next generation mobile technology.
However, while using the 5G network to broadcast live, the feed cut out due to technical problems.
“I"ll have to interrupt you because bizarrely the 5G line isn"t working properly,” the presenter said.
Earlier in the day, the BBC"s technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones was able to broadcast in high definition using 5G.
The broadcast was made to mark the launch of the UK’s first high-speed 5G network by EE.
EE, which is a division of British telecoms giant BT, has launched 5G in six major cities comprising Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London and Manchester - and more hubs will follow, it said in a statement.
Next-generation 5G mobile networks offer almost instantaneous data transfer that will become the nervous system of Europe"s economy in strategic sectors like energy, transport, banking and health care.
EE announced last week that it would make its 5G network available to the public - but would not sell Huawei"s first 5G phone, the Mate 20 X 5G.
However, the Chinese company still provides 5G wireless network infrastructure equipment to EE.
Rival British mobile phone giant Vodafone will launch its own 5G services on July 3 in seven UK cities - but it has also paused the sale of the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G smartphone.
Huawei faces pushback in some Western markets over fears that Beijing could spy on communications and gain access to critical infrastructure if allowed to develop foreign 5G networks offering instantaneous mobile data transfer.
The Chinese company denies the speculation.
US internet titan Google has meanwhile started to cut ties between its Android operating system and Huawei, a move that affects hundreds of millions of smartphone users.
That decision comes amid a trade war between the US and China.
