China News Service Client, Beijing, July 14th (Reporter Wu Tao) "As long as 99 yuan per month, including the original price of 129 yuan per month for 5G packages, and also includes a broadband rate of 300Mbps downlink." Is this a good thing?

　　Recently, many users have reported the above situation to reporters, and many users have been spoiled: such a large bargain is not accounted for. At the same time, operators are happy about this situation, and you are not happy if you do not take advantage of it.

　　Is this a win-win business model? In other words, who set the routine?

China Mobile's 5G package subscriber growth in the first five months of this year. Image source: Screenshot of China Mobile's official website

5G package users are estimated to exceed 100 million in the first half of the year

　　In the number of users, in the first half of the year, there was a qualitative breakthrough in the number of 5G users, and the number of 5G package users is estimated to exceed 100 million.

　　According to data from China Mobile, as of the end of May, there were 55.6 million 5G subscribers, a net increase of 11.86 million in the month. As of the end of May, China Telecom's 5G package users were 30.05 million.

　　Although China Unicom did not separately announce the number of 5G package users, the industry generally believes that the number of users and the distribution of users at various stages of China Unicom are similar to China Telecom. Even most of the 5G base stations on both sides are cooperatively shared, so according to China Telecom’s 5G results The conservative estimate of China Unicom's 5G package users should also be more than 20 million.

　　Calculated in this way, the three major operators have more than 100 million 5G package users.

　　It is worth noting that what is a 5G package user? China Mobile has also made it clear recently that 5G package customers refer to individual mobile phone customers who order 5G tariff packages, excluding customers who have not subscribed to 5G packages and only share 5G package resources.

Data map: Visitors are watching 5G equipment. China News Agency reporter Jiang Qiming

Tucao expensive, while "buy buy buy"?

　　When the 5G package first came out, netizens said, "It's too expensive to buy." But according to the news released by the three major operators, the official guide price of the 5G package has not been greatly reduced, but users have started.

　　And the data shows that this trend will continue. In recent months, the monthly growth of 5G packages has continued to increase. For example, China Telecom recorded a net increase of 5.09 million in April and a net increase of 8.35 million in May.

　　A user told a reporter from ChinaNews.com, "I will become a 5G user if I do broadband at home and send the number. From a usage point of view, I feel no difference from the original 4G package."

　　Many users also said on Weibo that they received a sales call from the operator every day, and they were "upgraded" in a vague way, and became a 5G package user. Some netizens reported that 4G was slow and had to choose 5G. .

　　When 4G first came out, netizens vomited, "Do not turn off the network overnight, the house belongs to China Mobile"; in the 5G era, netizens are still vomiting, "Too expensive. Is the 58 yuan monthly 4G package not fragrant?" Contains too little traffic, enough to do." But for now, Tucao is Tucao, and you have to buy it.

5G mobile phone shipments and proportion. Image source: China Information and Communications Academy

Is 5G mobile phone about to popularize?

　　There are so many users of 5G packages. Isn't 5G mobile phones becoming popular soon? Especially recently, the International Standards Organization 3GPP announced the freezing of the R16 standard, which marks the completion of the first evolutionary version of 5G. 5G has achieved from "usable" to "easy to use".

　　Xu Xiaodong, deputy chairman of the 3GPP RAN plenary and chief expert of China Mobile, recently interpreted in an interview with the media. On this issue, more depends on the judgment of mobile phone manufacturers on the industry, especially the judgment of 5G applications. The true impact on mobile phones is ultimately Depends on the judgment of terminal manufacturers on the rhythm of application development. As an operator, it cannot yet give a very comprehensive judgment.

　　The reality has given 5G mobile phone manufacturers a "lesson", and now a very interesting phenomenon is that users buy 5G packages do not buy 5G mobile phones.

　　According to the latest data from the China Information and Communications Research Institute, in June, the domestic market shipments of 5G mobile phones were 17.513 million. From January to June, the cumulative shipments of 5G mobile phones in the domestic market were 63.597 million. Coupled with the 13.76 million 5G mobile phone shipments in the domestic market in 2019, the two add up to the number of users of 5G packages at the end of May. (Note: June 5G package user data of the three major operators have not yet been announced.)

　　There is currently no operator or 5G mobile phone manufacturer to explain this situation.

China Telecom's integration package. Screenshot of China Telecom APP

Strange! With more broadband, 5G packages are cheaper

　　The reason why 5G packages and 5G mobile phone users can differ by tens of millions of users, some analysis pointed out that a major reason is that a large number of users use non-5G mobile phones and use 5G packages.

　　The reporter learned from the interview that the rapid growth of 5G package users or the disconnection between 5G packages and 5G mobile phones has a lot to do with broadband binding.

　　For example, the China Telecom APP shows that the lowest 5G package is sold separately at 129 yuan per month. Also shown on the China Telecom APP, the "Perfect Ten Reunion Smart Broadband" costs 1188 yuan a year, which is equivalent to 99 yuan per month, including the paid monthly mobile package of 89 yuan (the original price was 129 yuan for the 5G package).

　　And it is very interesting that if you pay the money without using this mobile package, the operator may be "anxious" with you. According to media reports, Mr. Zhang, who lives in Beijing, applied for a “5G+broadband” fusion package from Beijing Unicom and paid the monthly rent in full on schedule, but he did not activate the 5G mobile phone card in the package and was cut off by Beijing Unicom. A week.

　　In addition, the reporter also learned that many operators are selling 5G packages at a discount in disguise. For example, on the 11th, China Unicom also released the "Fulu Deer Companion Card", in which the "Da Fulu Card 5G Version" is 127 yuan per month, but the "Little Fulu Card" is only selling for 77 yuan per month. "As long as you use a 5G mobile phone, both packages can experience the 5G network." Relevant person in charge of China Unicom said.

　　Therefore, for operators, whether or not a 5G mobile phone does not affect your application for 5G packages. It does not matter whether you use a 5G network or not. The important thing is that the data for 5G package users has increased. (Finish)