China Broadnet is the new branding for China Broadcasting Network, which was allocated 5G spectrum in 2020, enabling the entry of a fourth MNO in the huge country. Now Broadnet has formally launched its mobile services at an event at the Museum of the Communist Party in Beijing. These will be offered alongside its existing cable broadband subscriptions and will be heavily geared to supporting multi-access video and broadcast. That will expand Broadnet’s traditional business model rather than putting it fully head-to-head with China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom. New agency Xinhua said the launch would be a breakthrough in integrating cable TV with 5G and supporting multiplay services. However, it is unclear how far the new MNO…