China’s MIIT unveils 15th Five-Year Plan for telecoms, pushes 6G and hollow-core fiber

This plan signals that Beijing is treating next-generation connectivity infrastructure as a strategic state priority, not just a commercial upgrade. The explicit focus on 6G trials, hollow-core fiber, and submarine cables suggests an intent to secure leadership in both terrestrial and undersea data transmission, which is central to global digital trade and data sovereignty. For the RWA and crypto sectors, the potential for faster, lower-latency networks could eventually improve the reliability of decentralized infrastructure and cross-border data flows, though the timeline is long. The open question is how quickly these technologies move from planning to deployment, and whether they will remain open or become tools for tighter state control over data routing.