China Mobile Hong Kong (CMHK) has announced plans to commence trials of 5G mobile technology in the second half of this year under a trial permit granted last week. In addition, the cellco has inaugurated a new open lab in Hong Kong – the 5G Innovation Center – where it will work with telecoms and vertical industry partners to develop 5G, IoT and Cloud solutions. Parent company China Mobile Communications Corporation has already opened a 5G lab in mainland China, where it says it has been working with over 100 partners.